Open AccessOn the choice of retrieval variables in the inversion of remotely sensed atmospheric measurements
Author(s) -
Marco Ridolfi,
Luca Sgheri
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.21.011465
Subject(s) - inversion (geology) , atmospheric sounding , remote sensing , depth sounding , michelson interferometer , interferometry , atmospheric optics , computer science , optics , environmental science , algorithm , geology , physics , paleontology , oceanography , structural basin
In this paper we introduce new variables that can be used to retrieve the atmospheric continuum emission in the inversion of remote sensing measurements. This modification tackles the so-called sloppy model problem. We test this approach on an extensive set of real measurements from the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding. The newly introduced variables permit to achieve a more stable inversion and a smaller value of the minimum of the cost function.