2 - 1 WCRP Denver 2011 Measurement of Decadal Scale Climate Change from Space Marty Mlynczak, Bruce Wielicki, and David Young NASA Langley Research Center.

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2 - 1 WCRP Denver 2011 Measurement of Decadal Scale Climate Change from Space Marty Mlynczak, Bruce Wielicki, and David Young NASA Langley Research Center Kurt Thome NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

2 - 2 WCRP Denver 2011 Acknowledgements Difference between “weather” and “climate” measurements An approach to measuring climate trends using IR radiances Technology development for accurate IR radiance measurement –The FIRST instrument and science results Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) mission status  CLARREO is not cancelled! Summary Outline

2 - 3 WCRP Denver 2011 CLARREO Science Definition and Integrated Product Teams –University of Wisconsin –Harvard University –NASA Goddard –NIST, Gaithersburg Maryland NASA Earth Science Technology Office NASA Science Mission Directorate Acknowledgements

2 - 4 WCRP Denver 2011 Weather and Climate: Different Observing System Requirements Weather Need to observe much of Earth on synoptic time scales Random noise a dominant source of error Individual radiance measurements used to derive data products Data used for initial value problem – generating a weather forecast Climate Sampling sufficient for seasonal means & avoiding time/space biases Systematic error dominates ability to do trend detection Zonal & global means, seasonal to annual timescale, 1000’s of radiances Data used in assessing boundary value problem – climate change Weather and Climate have different observation requirements

2 - 5 WCRP Denver 2011 Measuring climate change requires measurement of a benchmark Climate benchmark characteristics: –Very high accuracy for decadal trend detection –Unbiased spatial and temporal sampling –Information content sufficient for trend detection and attribution The accuracy of benchmark observations is required only at large time and space scales such as zonal annual, not at instantaneous field of view. Therefore the uncertainty in the benchmark is determined over many 1000s of observations: never 1, or even a few Benchmarking requirements are very different than a typical NASA Earth Science process mission interested in retrievals at instantaneous fields of view at high space/time resolution Generating a Benchmark for Climate Change Detection Climate Benchmarks establish basis for observing climate change

2 - 6 WCRP Denver 2011 Trend Accuracy: Error Sources, Scales Calibration dominates largest climate scales, orbital sampling the smallest - Calibration uncertainty dominates largest climate scales - Orbit sampling dominates smallest climate scales - Instrument noise less important at all scales, even for IR - All results for 1 90 degree orbit

2 - 7 WCRP Denver 2011 Infrared Spectral Radiance as a Climate Benchmark Infrared spectra are rich in information content on atmospheric T and composition

2 - 8 WCRP Denver 2011 From space, observe time series of accurate infrared radiances –Zonal to global spatial scales –Annual to decadal time scales –Essentially the entire infrared spectrum Time differences in zonal and global radiance spectra are related to changes in atmosphere (T, H 2 O, clouds…) If difference is linear in changes in temperature, H 2 O, CO 2, etc., derive changes via linear regression: That is, An approach to measuring climate change using IR radiances Observed change Radiance derivative Change in T, H 2 O, etc.

2 - 9 WCRP Denver 2011 Radiance derivatives dR / dx i Spectral shape and magnitude are different for specific changes Tropospheric Temperature Lower Tropospheric Water Vapor Stratospheric Temperature Upper Troposphere Water Vapor

WCRP Denver 2011 Spectral Decadal Change is Linear! Instantaneous changes are nonlinear: decadal change is highly linear Doubled CO 2 change of all-sky global spectral radiance from T(z), q(z), CO 2, clouds, for the CFMIP CCCMA coupled climate model Nonlinear portion of decadal change Is a few percent of total (offset by 0.01) After Huang et al Blue = total of all changes Red = linear sum of individual Component changes 20  m10  m5  m

WCRP Denver 2011 Accurate, space-based measurements of IR spectra provide ability to observe and diagnose decadal scale change NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) has made substantial investment in infrared spectral sensing technology over the last decade Numerous projects at Langley and U. Wisconsin/Harvard totalling over $20 M investment Examine one of these, Langley’s Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere (FIRST) instrument Achieving Accurate Space-Based IR Radiance Measurement

FIRST - Far-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Troposphere – Michelson Interferometer 6 to 100  m on a single focal plane cm -1 unapodized (0.8 cm OPD) Germanium on polypropylene beamsplitter Bolometer 4 K – Demonstrated on a high-altitude balloon flight June – Second balloon flight September – Ground-based capability demonstrated March 2007 – FORGE Ground Campaign Atacama Desert Chile

FIRST Thermal Infrared Spectrum - TOA Mlynczak et al., GRL, 2006

FIRST Operations at 17,600 Feet Cerro Toco, Atacama Desert, Chile

FIRST Data 200 – 300 cm -1 ; September 5, 7, 19, 24

FIRST Data 300 – 400 cm -1 ; September 5, 7, 19, 24

FIRST Data 400 – 500 cm -1 ; September 5, 7, 19, 24

FIRST Data 500 – 600 cm -1 ; September 5, 7, 19, 24

WCRP Denver 2011 Time series of accurate infrared spectra yield quantitative measures of decadal atmospheric change Experiment design must consider: –Instrument calibration – 0.1 K (3-  ) in brightness temp –Instrument noise – evaluate to be sure truly random –Spatial sampling, i.e., satellite orbit, measurement frequency –Temporal sampling – full diurnal cycle NASA investment over last decade has enabled development of spectrometers and related technologies to establish infrared climate benchmarks from space “CLARREO” Mission designed to do this…… Summary (1 of 2)

WCRP Denver 2011 Summary - CLARREO Mission Status CLARREO continues in pre-formulation and is looking for opportunities Mission Concept Review successfully completed November 2010, ready in Jan 2011 to proceed to phase A NASA Langley mission lead. Team members include: LaRC, GSFC, JPL, NIST UC-Berkeley/DOE, Harvard, U. Wisconsin, C.U.-LASP, Utah State-SDL, Univ. Miami, Univ. Maryland, Univ. Michigan; International collaboration with UK and Italy NASA budget reductions in Feb 2011: CLARREO remains indefinitely in pre-phase A studies, with no current planned launch date Science studies continue with Science Definition Team Mission risk reduction activities continue including completion of infrared and reflected solar Calibration Demonstration Systems and NIST standards improvements