24-10-2012, 02:30 PM
University of Wisconsin-Madison Participation in the International Water-Vapor Project (IHOP)
ABSTRACT
This is the final report for NASAgrant NAG-1-02057/University ofWisconsin-Madison/Dr. Henry E Revercomb, PI. This
grant supported the University of Wisconsin-Madison participation in the International Water-Vapor Project (IHOP)
experiment in May-June 2002. The upwelling thermal infrared emission from the surface and atmosphere over the U. S.
Southern Great Plains was obtained from the NASA DC-8 with the Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)
instrument, Analysis of the S-HIS radiances were used to obtain atmospheric temperature profiles below the aircraft. In a
complementary manner, the downwelling thermal infrared emission at the surface was obtained by the University of
Wisconsin Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI) instrument from a mobile research vehicle and used to
profile the atmospheric boundary layer at the Homestead site. This report summarizes the observations of the S-HIS and AERI
instruments during IHOP including validation against in situ observations.