Fengyun-3D (FY-3D) was successfully launched on November 15
2017. For the first time
it was equipped with the High-spectral Resolution Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (HIRAS)
which was developed and manufactured entirely by the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics (SITP)
China. HIRAS measurements were mainly used for numerical weather forecast and obtaining temperature
moisture
and green-house gases profiles. To meet the high accuracy of the sounding ability
the spectral resolution of HIRAS is required to reach 0.625 cm
-1
the radiation accuracy is required to reach 0.5 K
and the spectral frequency accuracy is required to reach 10×10
-6
. An infrared (IR) interferometer is needed to accurately evaluate and monitor the spectral frequency accuracy before data application because the accuracy of the spectral frequency will directly affect the precision of radiation measurements. In this study
spectral shifts were derived using the cross-correlation method
in which the accurate line by line radiative transfer model simulation spectra under clear conditions were used as reference
and the spectral performance and frequency accuracy of HIRAS in-orbit data after launch were comprehensively evaluated and verified. The results show that the HIRAS spectral calibration accuracy is greater than 3×10
-6
in long wave
middle wave1 and middle wave2 bands and the spectral bias standards of long wave (LW) and middle wave 1 (MW1) bands are higher than 2×10
-6
which are better than the requirements. The spectral accuracy of HIRAS in the past six months was stable for LW and MW1 bands and the spectral frequency variations were in range of 5×10
-6
. For LW band
a negative bias trend was observed that reaches approximately 7×10
-6
this would require consistent monitoring in the future. The results of this study indicate that the HIRAS data on-orbit spectral accuracy can satisfy the demands of back-end retrieval and assimilation users.
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