Sensitivity of Satellite-Based Skin Temperature to Different Surface Emissivity and NWP Reanalysis Sources Demonstrated Using a Single-Channel, Viewing-Angle-Corrected Retrieval Algorithm

Mr. Benjamin R Scarino1,2, Patrick Minnis2, Mr. Christopher R Yost, MS, Atmospheric Sciences3, Thad Chee1 and Rabindra Palikonda4, (1)Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton, Hampton, VA, United States, (2)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, United States, (4)Science Systems & Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA, United States