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Stratospheric Temperature Time Series 1979 to 2004 Using SSU and AMSU Data from the Operational NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites A.J. Miller, J. Nash, R. Lin, C. Long, J. Wild, and M.E. Gelman. John Nash (UKMO) SSU Channels. Channel Peak of Weighting Function 47X 0.5 hPa
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Stratospheric Temperature Time Series 1979 to 2004 Using SSU and AMSU Data from the Operational NOAA Polar Orbiting SatellitesA.J. Miller, J. Nash, R. Lin, C. Long, J. Wild, and M.E. Gelman
John Nash (UKMO) SSU Channels ChannelPeak of Weighting Function 47X 0.5 hPa 27 1.5 36X 2.0 26 6.0 25 15.0 26X 20.0 15X 50.0
N-14 minus N-11 7/97-12/03 Standard Deviation • Channel 25 ~ 0.25C • Channel 26 ~ 0.3C • Channel 27 ~ 0.5C
AMSU => SSU via Statistical RegressionNOAA-16 AMSU vs NOAA-14 SSU10/00 – 10/02 14 SSU25, etc = a0 + 3 ai x AMSUi i=9
SSU/AMSU Standard Error of Regression 10/00 – 10/02 47x 27 36x 26 25 26x 15x
Data Availability • The URL for the SSU dataset is ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/cpc/wd53rl/ssu/cohesive/
Statistical Model • Trend 1979-1996 • Trend change 1/96 • Remove 2 years post Mt. Pinatubo eruption • Seasonal cycle • f10.7 • AO/AAO • QBO • AR(1)