Study on retrieval methods with MonoRTM for microwave radiometer measurements
This paper focuses on calculating brightness temperature based on monochromatic radiative transfer model MonoRTM, retrieving atmosphere temperature and water vapor density profiles by multiple linear regression and the BP neural network method, as well as comparing and analyzing retrieval accuracies of these two methods.The results show that the deviation of temperature profiles retrieved by multiple linear regression method is no more than 6 K and that of retrieved water vapor density profiles is less than 4 g/m3 on the whole, while the deviation of retrieved temperature using the BP neural network method is less than 2 K, and that of retrieved water vapor density is generally lower than 2 g/m3.Compared to the radiosonded data, the retrieval results of temperature and water vapor density from BP neural network method are better than those from multiple linear regression method.
Temperature and water vapor density profileThe monochromatic radiative transfer model MonoRTMMultiple linear regressionBP neural network