© University of Reading June 2015 CAVIAR Experimenters Meeting 2009 Liam Tallis
INTRODUCTION 2
Lab View 3
Sunsets 4
Introduction Assessment of the consistency of water vapour lines intensities in recent HITRAN databases Towards an absolute calibration Water Profile for Jungfraujoch Future work 5
ASSESSMENT OF THE CONSISTENCY OF WATER VAPOUR LINES INTENSITIES IN RECENT HITRAN DATABASES 6
Consistency Assessment Analysis of the consistency of water vapour lines in recent HITRAN databases Similar way to Casanova et. al. (2006) Optical depth spectrum given by Where F m is the measured signal by the FTIR, F s is the extraterestrial irradiance given by Kurucz (1995), τ m is the optical depth, θ is the solar zenith angle and k(v) is an unknown calibration factor. 7
Consistency Assessment Rearrangement ignoring the calibration factor (and a few other approximations) We know have a “pseudo” optical depth spectrum This spectrum will allow us to analyse the consistency between observation and model 8
Consistency Assessment Optical depth is calculated for water vapour ( τ w ) and for five other principle absorbers in the region: CH 4, CO 2, O 2, N 2 O and O 3 ( τ g ) using RFM (v4.28) Linear fit of the “pseudo” optical depth to that calculated by RFM Fit pseudo to the form of a x τ w + b x τ g + c 9
Consistency Assessment a x τ w + b x τ g + c b is tightly bound to be a value between 0.95 to 1.05 – An assumption made is other gases well know – Allowed to vary slightly for any minor error in the column amounts c is allowed to vary more freely – c is a offset parameter that varies slowly with wavelength a is allowed to vary between 0 and 3 – a is the important parameter – tells us the factor line intensities must be multiplied by 10
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Consistency Assessment Camborne Field Campaign InSb / CaF 2 Typically for 0.03cm-1 resolution spectra Over various days, radiosondes, water columns 14 HITRAN2004HITRAN2008H08 / H04 Average a Average a 3000 cm -1 – 8000 cm Average a 8000 cm -1 – 9500 cm Average a cm cm
Consistency Assessment 15 HITRAN2004HITRAN2008H08 / H04 Average a Average a 3000 cm -1 – 8000 cm Average a 8000 cm -1 – 9500 cm Average a cm cm Ratio of 3000 cm cm -1 to 8000 cm -1 – 9500 cm -1 For HITRAN04 = 0.846, St Dev= For HITRAN08 = 0.845, St Dev= 0.010
Consistency Assessment Camborne Field Campaign MCT / KBr Problems! Fit appears to be good... But scaling factor required for water vapour lines feels wrong Typical “a” value ~
Consistency Assessment Camborne Field Campaign MCT / KBr Typically for 0.03cm -1 resolution spectra Over various days, radiosondes, water columns 17 HITRAN2004HITRAN2008H08 / H04 Average a 700 cm -1 – 1400 cm Average a 800 cm -1 – 1000 cm Average a 1100 cm cm
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TOWARDS AN ABSOLUTE CALIBRATION 21
Towards an Absolute Calibration Calibrations before each field campaign at NPL NPL produce a calibration function which when used with spectral data gives an irradiance [W/m2/FT o/p unit] Calibration x Spectral Data = Calibrated Spectra Extraterrestrial irradiance given by Kurucz’s (1995) database 22
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Towards an Absolute Calibration We know the signal measured by the FT is given by And thus by rearranging, we can work out the optical depth 25
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Towards an Absolute Calibration Microtops II Sunphotometer 13/08/2008 AOT380 = 0.465, AOT440 = 0.486, AOT675 = 0.577, AOT936 = 0.705, AOT1020 = Campaign Average AOT380 = 0.22, AOT440 = 0.17, AOT675 = 0.12, AOT936 = 0.09, AOT1020 =
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WATER PROFILE FOR JUNGFRAUJOCH 33
Water Profile for Jungfraujoch 34 Radiosonde (Payerne) Dropsonde (FAAM) FAAM Aircraft GPS IWV ECMWF Forecast Fields STARTWAVE Database, University of Bern – GPS Water Vapour – Column Water from Payerne Radiosonde
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Water Profile for Jungfraujoch 37 1 st August 2009
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Future Work Analysis of the consistency of water vapour lines in recent HITRAN databases – Any improvements to MCT fit possible? – Repeat this style analysis for Jungfraujoch – Try with new ACE-FTS extraterrestrial line list (Hase et. al, JQSRT 2009) Absolute Calibration – Account for difference between calibrated spectra and extraterrestrial irradiance (in atmospheric windows) – Use Reading’s RFM + DISORT Code Water Profile for Jungfraujoch – Continued work in this area Questions? 39