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Validation Assessment Model For Atmospheric Retrievals, Nikita Pougatchev, Gail Bingham, Joel Cardon, Karen St. Germain, Stephen Mango, Joe Tansock, Vladimir Zavyalov, Stanislav Kireev, David Tobin

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

A linear mathematical error model for the assessment of validation activity of atmospheric retrievals is presented. The purpose of the validation activity is to assess the actual performance of the remote sensing validated system while in orbit by comparing its measurements to some relevant—validating—data sets. The validating system samples volumes of the atmosphere at times and locations that are different from the ones when and where the validated system makes its own observations. The location of the validating system can be either stationary, e.g. a ground ARM site, or movable, e.g. an aircraft or some other satellites. The true states …