The three-cornered hat method for estimating error variances of three or more atmospheric datasets. Part I: overview and evaluation

JP Sjoberg, RA Anthes… - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
variances of three different datasets. Here we give an overview of the historical … the 3CH
and select other methods for estimating error variances that use either two or three datasets. We …

The three-cornered hat method for estimating error variances of three or more atmospheric datasets. Part II: Evaluating radio occultation and radiosonde observations …

T Rieckh, JP Sjoberg… - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
… We apply the three-cornered hat (3CH) method to estimate refractivity, bending angle,
and specific humidity error variances for a number of datasets widely used in research and/or

Estimating the observation errors of FY-3C radio occultation dataset using the three-cornered hat method

J Zhang, X Xu, J Luo - Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2023 - Springer
… This study uses the three-cornered hat (3CH) method to estimate the observation error
variances (… to the surface pressure level or the mean sea level within the atmosphere. The other …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating error variances of a microwave sensor and dropsondes aboard the Global Hawk in hurricanes using the three-cornered hat method

AC Kren, RA Anthes - … of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study estimates the random error variances and standard deviations (STDs) for four
datasets: Global Hawk (GH) dropsondes (DROP), the High-Altitude Monolithic Microwave …

Estimating GPS radio occultation observation error standard deviations over China using the threecornered hat method

X Xu, X Zou - Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… under dry and wet atmospheric conditions, which are the so-… top pressures are greater than
50 hPa or whose bottom … use the 3CH method to estimate the error variance of RO refractivity …

Applications of the Three-cornered Hat Method to the Error Variance Estimations of FY-4A Atmospheric Temperature Profiles

Y Zhang, Y Gao, X Xu, F Zhao - Atmosphere-Ocean, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… data sets, we can estimate three apparent error variances for FY-4A temperature profiles. …
error variances by the 3CH method, we assumed that the error covariance terms are zero or

The Three-Cornered Hat Method for Estimating Error Variances of Three

JP Sjoberg, RA Anthes, T Rieckh - journals.ametsoc.org
… simulate three data sets with different random errors or biases that we specify. We begin
by choosing an arbitrary, but realistic atmospheric data set of profiles as Truth, to which errors

Uncertainty analysis of eleven multisource soil moisture products in the third pole environment based on the three-corned hat method

J Liu, L Chai, J Dong, D Zheng, JP Wigneron… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… climate, land surface and atmosphere. In recent years, … based on the three-cornered hat
(TCH) method and a generalized … are mainly caused by errors in SM algorithms or models, and …

An Improvement to the Three-Cornered Hat Method: A Case Study in Applying to Soil Moisture Datasets

L Chai, S Yang, S Zhao - IGARSS 2024-2024 IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… and cannot be expanded to a regional or global scale. The … ′, which is right the error
variance 𝑟𝑘𝑘 of product 𝑇𝑘 that … with NOAA/GDAS analysis atmospheric datasets, the GPCP …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of FY-3E GNOS II Radio Occultation Data Using an Improved Three-Cornered Hat Method

J Liang, C Liu, X Wang, X Meng, Y Sun, M Liao, X Hu… - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
… The 3CH algorithm can simultaneously estimate the error variances of three or more … of
atmospheric observation data, this section analyzes the atmospheric parameter error variances of …