The invention discloses a multilayer cloud inversion method for a multi-channel scanning imaging
radiometer of a FengYun 4A
meteorological satellite, and fills the blank in the
algorithm domestically.Unique
design characteristics of a spectral channel of a domestic
satellite radiometer (AGRI) are taken into full consideration, a multilayer cloud model is established on theoretical basis of rapidradiation transmission
simulation, sensitivity of different short-wave
infrared channels (1.6 and 2.25 micron) to different phase clouds is analyzed, and it is discovered for the first time that the two channels can be used to identification of the cloud phase. According to the model, it is provided that penetration of the short-wave
infrared channels is high in different cloud optical thicknesses, and lower-layer water cloud information can penetrate the upper layer and extracted by
satellite observation. The
infrared channels are combined to identify the
cloud top phase, and the brand new multilayer cloud (upper ice cloud and lower water cloud) identification
algorithm via the
radiometer is provided. A multilayer cloud result of the
algorithm is verified by using the accurate active spaceborne
laser radar CALIOP, and is highly accurate. The unique
design characteristics of the spectral channel of the domestic imager are fully considered, the method is applied to a new generator of domestic imager AGRI, and can be used to provide more accurate and efficient multilayer
cloud detection results for applications in future.