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MERIS User Workshop ESA/ESRIN 10-13 November 2003. MERIS IPWV validation: a multisensor experimental campaign in the Central Italy P. Ciotti (1,4), E. Di Giampaolo (1), P. Basili (2), S. Bonafoni (2), V. Mattioli (2), R. Biondi (2), E. Fionda (3), F. Consalvi (3), A. Memmo (4), D. Cimini (4),
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MERIS User Workshop ESA/ESRIN 10-13 November 2003 MERIS IPWV validation: a multisensor experimental campaign in the Central Italy P. Ciotti (1,4), E. Di Giampaolo (1), P. Basili (2), S. Bonafoni (2), V. Mattioli (2), R. Biondi (2), E. Fionda (3), F. Consalvi (3), A. Memmo (4), D. Cimini (4), R. Pacione (5), F. Vespe (6)(1) DIE-Univ. dell’Aquila, (2) DIEI-Univ. di Perugia, (3) FUB, Roma, (4) CETEMPS, L’Aquila, (5) Telespazio, Matera, (6) ASI, Matera
Italian Cal/Val sites over land • Site Instruments • Perugia: GPS, meteo station • Elba Island: microwave radiometer (WVR), meteo st. & GPS • L’Aquila: GPS, meteo station • Pomezia (Rome): microwave radiometer (WVR), RAOB’s, meteo st. • - MM5 numerical model outputs for each site MERIS User Workshop ESA/ESRIN 10-13 November 2003
PURPOSE Validation of the IPVW from the MERIS/ENVISAT • The validation is performed both at specific locations (4) and over an extended area including land and sea backgrounds • The first comparison is performed with respect to the measurements of ground based instruments (microwave radiometers, GPS, RAOBs) • The second assessment is based on IPWV maps of the Tyrrhenian area that are produced by geostatistical interpolation of the measurements of a network of GPS receivers (over land) and measurements of SSM/I (over sea) MERIS User Workshop ESA/ESRIN 10-13 November 2003