Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net 1680-7367 1680-7375 9 2 2009 10.5194/acpd-9-9313-2009 http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/9313/2009/ http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/9313/2009/acpd-9-9313-2009.html http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/9/9313/2009/acpd-9-9313-2009.pdf 9313 9366 2009-04-09 Performance of the line-by-line radiative transfer model (LBLRTM) for temperature and species retrievals: IASI case studies from JAIVEx M. W. Shephard mshephar@aer.com S. A. Clough V. H. Payne W. L. Smith S. Kireev K. E. Cady-Pereira Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts, USA Clough Radiation Associates, LLC., Lexington, Massachusetts, USA Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia,USA University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, USA Presented here are comparisons between the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding instrument (IASI) and the "Line-By- Line Radiative Transfer Model" (LBLRTM). Spectral residuals from radiance closure studies during the IASI JAIVEx validation campaign provide insight into a number of spectroscopy issues relevant to remote sounding of temperature, water vapor and trace gases from IASI. In order to perform quality IASI trace gas retrievals the temperature and water vapor fields must be retrieved as accurately as possible. In general, the residuals in the CO₂ ν₂ region are of the order of the IASI instrument noise. However, outstanding issues in the CO₂ spectral regions remain. There is a large residual ~−1.5 K in the 667 cm^−1 Q-branch, and residuals in the CO₂ ν₂ and N₂O/CO₂ ν₃ spectral regions that sample the troposphere are inconsistent, with the N₂O/CO₂ ν₃ region being too negative (warmer) by ~0.6 K. Residuals on this lower wavenumber side of the CO₂ ν₃ band will be improved by line parameter updates, while future efforts to reduce the residuals reaching ~−0.5 K on the higher wavenumber side of the CO₂ ν₃ band will focus on addressing limitations in the modeling of the CO₂ line shape (line coupling and duration of collision) effects. Brightness temperature residuals from the radiance closure studies in the ν₂ water vapor band have standard deviations of ~0.2–0.3 K with some large peak residuals reaching ±0.5–1.0 K. These are larger than the instrument noise indicating that systematic errors still remain. 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