On-orbit
Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS)
GIIRS is the first airborne hyperspectral IR sounder onboard a geostationary satellite. The high temporal resolution from GIIRS, in contrast to those on LEOs, offers an opportunity for new or enhanced applications.
Yin, R.; Han, W.; Wang, H.; Wang, J. Impacts of FY-4A GIIRS Water Vapor Channels Data Assimilation on the Forecast of “21·7” Extreme Rainstorm in Henan, China with CMA-MESO. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 5710. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14225710
Yin, R., Han, W., Gao, Z., & Li, J. (2021). Impact of high temporal resolution FY-4A Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS) radiance measurements on Typhoon forecasts: Maria (2018) case with GRAPES global 4D-Var assimilation system. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093672. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093672
- Good Things Need Time: Progress With the First Hyperspectral Sounder in Geostationary Orbit — A commentary by Jo Schmetz https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2021GL096207
Ma, Z., Li, J., Han, W., Li, Z., Zeng, Q., Menzel, W. P., et al. (2021). Four-dimensional wind fields from geostationary hyperspectral infrared sounder radiance measurements with high temporal resolution. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093794. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093794
Yin, Ruoying, Wei Han, Zhiqiu Gao, and Di Di. “The evaluation of FY4A’s Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS) long‐wave temperature sounding channels using the GRAPES global 4D‐Var.” Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 146, no. 728 (2020): 1459-1476. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3746
Clarisse, L., Van Damme, M., Hurtmans, D., Franco, B., Clerbaux, C., & Coheur, P.-F. (2021). The diel cycle of NH3 observed from the FY-4A Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS). Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL093010. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093010
Li, J., A. Geer, K. Okamoto, J. Otkin, Z. Q. Liu, W. Han, and P. Wang, 2021: Satellite all-sky infrared radiance assimilation: Recent progress and future perspectives. Adv. Atmos. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1088-9
Maier, J., and R. Knuteson. ” Data Fusion of GEO FY-4A GIIRS and LEO Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders with Surface Observations: A Hong Kong Case Study”. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 39.2 (2022): 259-270. < https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0080.1>.
Li, J., Zhang, Y., Di, D., Ma, Z., Li, Z., Schmit, T. J., & Menzel, W. P. (2022). The influence of sub-footprint cloudiness on three-dimensional horizontal wind from geostationary hyperspectral infrared sounder observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098460. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098460
Jie Feng, Xiaohao Qin, Chunqiang Wu, Peng Zhang, Lei Yang, Xueshun Shen, Wei Han, Yongzhu Liu,
Improving typhoon predictions by assimilating the retrieval of atmospheric temperature profiles from the FengYun-4A’s Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS), Atmospheric Research, Volume 280,
2022, 106391, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106391.
D. Di, J. Li, W. Han and R. Yin, “Geostationary Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder Channel Selection for Capturing Fast-Changing Atmospheric Information,” in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 60, pp. 1-10, 2022, Art no. 4102210, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3078829.
Li, J., Menzel, W. P., Schmit, T. J., & Schmetz, J. (2022). Applications of Geostationary Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder Observations: Progress, Challenges, and Future Perspectives, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(12), E2733-E2755. Retrieved Dec 22, 2022, from https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/103/12/BAMS-D-21-0328.1.xml
Ren, S., Jiang, J., Fang, X. et al. FY-4A/GIIRS Temperature Validation in Winter and Application to Cold Wave Monitoring. J Meteorol Res 36, 658–676 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-022-2015-4
P.-W. Chan, W. Han, B. Mak, X. H. Qin, Y. Z. Liu, R. Y. Yin, and J. C. Wang, 2022: Ground–space–sky observing system experiment during tropical cyclone Mulan in August 2022. Adv. Atmos. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-022-2267-z.
Zhou, Kuo, Lingkun Ran, Libo Zhou, Tianbao Zhao, Lei Chen, and Haiwen Liu. “The study of Fengyun4A temperature profile data assimilation in a southwest vortex heavy rainfall case.” Atmospheric Research (2023): 106566.