The NPP and J1 NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS) for atmospheric thermal sounding: recent algorithm enhancements tailored to near real time users applications.

Antonia Gambacorta1, Chris D Barnet2, Nadia Smith3, R. Bradley Pierce4, Jonathan Wynn Smith1, J. Ryan Spackman3 and Mitch Goldberg4, (1)Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD, United States, (2)Science and Technology Corporation (STC), Columbia, MD, United States, (3)Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA Camp Springs, Camp Springs, MD, United States