Institute for Applied Physics "Nello Carrara"
Italian National Research Council
Department of Earth Observation
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Inversion Problems and Data Assimilation
Publications

  • M. Ridolfi, B. Carli, M. Carlotti, T. von Clarmann, B. M. Dinelli, A. Dudhia, J.-M. Flaud, M. Höpfner, P. E. Morris, P. Raspollini, G. Stiller, and R. J. Wells, “Optimized forward model and retrieval scheme for MIPAS near-real-time data processing”, Applied Optics, 39, 1323-1340 (2000).

  • P. Raspollini and M. Ridolfi, “Mapping of temperature and Line-of-Sight Errors in Constituent retrievals for MIPAS / ENVISAT Measurements”, Atmospheric Environment, 34, 5329-5336 (2000).

  • B. Carli, B. M. Dinelli, P. Raspollini and M. Ridolfi, “Discrete representation and re-sampling in limb sounding measurements”, Applied Optics, 40, 1261-1268  (2001).

  • M. Carlotti, B. M. Dinelli, P. Raspollini and M. Ridolfi, “Geo-fit approach to the analysis of limb-scanning satellite measurements”, Applied Optics, 40, 1872-1885 (2001).

  • S. Ceccherini, B. Carli, E. Pascale, M. Prosperi, P. Raspollini, and B. M. Dinelli,  “Comparison of measurements made with two different instruments of the same atmospheric vertical profile”, Applied Optics, 42, 6465 - 6473 (2003).

  • T. von Clarmann, M. Höpfner, B. Funke, M. López-Puertas, A. Dudhia, V. Jay, F. Schreier, M. Ridolfi, S. Ceccherini, B. J. Kerridge, J. Reburn, R. Siddans and J.-M. Flaud, “Modelling of Atmospheric Mid-Infrared Radiative Transfer: The AMIL2DA Algorithm Intercomparison Experiment”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 78, Issues 3-4, 381-407 (2003).

  • T. von Clarmann., S. Ceccherini, A. Doicu., A. Dudhia., B. Funke, U. Grabowski, S. Hilgers, V. Jay, A. Linden., M. Lopez-Puertas., F.-J. Martin-Torres, V. Payne, J. Reburn, M. Ridolfi., F. Schreier, G. Schwarz, R. Siddans, T. Steck, “A blind test retrieval experiment for infrared limb emission spectroscopy”, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 4746, doi:10.1029/2003JD003835 (2003).

  • B. Carli, D. Alpaslan, M. Carlotti, E. Castelli, S. Ceccherini, B. M. Dinelli, A. Dudhia, J. M. Flaud, M. Hoepfner, V. Jay, L. Magnani, H. Oelhaf, V. Payne, C. Piccolo, M. Prosperi, P. Raspollini, J. Remedios, M. Ridolfi and R. Spang, “First results of MIPAS/ENVISAT with operational level 2 code”, Advances in Space Research, 33, Issue 7, 1012-1019 (2004).

  • C. Piccolo, B. Carli and S. Ceccherini, “Test of the MIPAS retrieval code with ATMOS measurements”, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21, No. 10, 1557-1565 (2004).

  • S. Ceccherini, “Analytical determination of the regularization parameter in the retrieval of atmospheric vertical profiles”, Optics Letters, 30, No. 19, 2554-2556 (2005).

  • M. Ridolfi, S. Ceccherini and B. Carli, “Optimal interpolation method for intercomparison of atmospheric measurements”, Optics Letters, 31, No. 7, 855-857 (2006).

  • F. Mencaraglia, G. Bianchini, A. Boscaleri, B. Carli, S. Ceccherini, P. Raspollini, A. Perrin, and J.-M. Flaud, “Validation of MIPAS satellite measurements of HNO3 using comparison of rotational and vibrational spectroscopy”, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D19305, doi:10.1029/2005JD006099 (2006).

  • P. Raspollini, C. Belotti , A. Burgess, B. Carli, M. Carlotti, S. Ceccherini, B. M. Dinelli, A. Dudhia, J.–M. Flaud, B. Funke, M. Höpfner, M. Lopez-Puertas, V. Payne, C. Piccolo, J. J. Remedios, M. Ridolfi, R. Spang, “MIPAS level 2 operational analysis”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 6, 5605-5630 (2006).

  • S. Ceccherini, C. Belotti, B. Carli, P. Raspollini and M. Ridolfi, “Technical note: regularization performances with the error consistency method in the case of retrieved atmospheric profiles”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 1435-1440 (2007).

  • W. A. Lahoz, A. J. Geer, S. Bekki, N. Bormann, S. Ceccherini, H. Elbern, Q. Errera, H. J. Eskes, D. Fonteyn, D. R. Jackson, B. Khattatov, M. Marchand, S. Massart, V.-H. Peuch, S. Rharmili, M. Ridolfi, A. Segers, O. Talagrand, H. E. Thornton, A. F. Vik, and T. von Clarmann, “The Assimilation of Envisat data (ASSET) project”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 1773-1796 (2007).

  • S. Ceccherini, C. Belotti, B. Carli and P. Raspollini, “The use of apodization in quantitative spectroscopy”, Optics Letters, 32, No. 10, 1329-1331 (2007).

  • M. Ridolfi, U. Blum, B. Carli, V. Catoire, S. Ceccherini, H. Claude, C. De Clercq, K. H. Fricke, F. Friedl-Vallon, M. Iarlori, P. Keckhut, B. Kerridge, J.-C. Lambert, Y. J. Meijer, L. Mona, H. Oelhaf, G. Pappalardo, M. Pirre, V. Rizi, C. Robert, D. Swart, T. von Clarmann, A. Waterfall, and G. Wetzel, “Geophysical validation of temperature retrieved by the ESA processor from MIPAS/ENVISAT atmospheric limb-emission measurements”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 4459-4487 (2007).

  • S. Ceccherini, U. Cortesi, P.T. Verronen, E. Kyrölä, “Continuity of MIPAS-ENVISAT operational ozone data quality from full- to reduced- spectral-resolution operation mode”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 8, 2201-2212 (2008).

  • S. Ceccherini, P. Raspollini and B. Carli, “Optimal use of the information provided by indirect measurements of atmospheric vertical profiles”, Optics Express, 17, No. 7, 4944-4958 (2009).

  • P. T. Verronen, S. Ceccherini, U. Cortesi, E. Kyrölä and J. Tamminen, “Statistical comparison of night-time NO2 observations in 2003–2006 from GOMOS and MIPAS instruments”, Advances in Space Research, 43, 1918–1925 (2009), doi:10.1016/j.asr.2009.01.027.

  • S. Ceccherini, B. Carli, U. Cortesi, S. Del Bianco and P. Raspollini, “Retrieval of the vertical column of an atmospheric constituent from data fusion of remote sensing measurements”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 111, 507-514 (2010), doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.09.001.

  • S. Ceccherini and M. Ridolfi, “Technical Note: Variance-covariance matrix and averaging kernels for the Levenberg-Marquardt solution of the retrieval of atmospheric vertical profiles”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 3131-3139 (2010).

  • S. Ceccherini, U. Cortesi, S. Del Bianco, P. Raspollini and B. Carli, “IASI-METOP and MIPAS-ENVISAT data fusion”, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 4689-4698 (2010).

  • S.Ceccherini, B. Carli, P. Raspollini and M. Ridolfi, “Rigorous determination of stratospheric water vapor trends from MIPAS observations”, Optics Express, 19, Iss. S3, A340-A360 (2011).

  • S. Ceccherini, B. Carli and P. Raspollini, “Quality quantifier of indirect measurements”, Optics Express, 20, Iss. 5, 5151-5167 (2012).

  • S. Ceccherini, “A generalization of optimal estimation for the retrieval of atmospheric vertical profiles”, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 113, Iss. 12, 1437-1440 (2012), doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.03.021.