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Insuring incorporation of improvements to the GOES Sounder vertical profile retrieval algorithm into NOAA/NESDIS operations An improved version of the GOES Sounder retrieval algorithm is being implemented (in McIDAS), and put to the test, before going to “ops”. Current GOES Sounder products may offer a practical, realistic estimate of how relevant the GOES-R “legacy Sounder” products requirement may be for end users (NWS forecasters). Author(s): Gary S. Wade, Zhenglong Li, James P. Nelson III, Jun Li, and Timothy J. Schmit GOES retrievals compared to radiosondes (00UT 22 Sep 2009) Bette r lower layer Bett erup per laye r Is the implementation correct? New (Li 2008) version vs Old (Ma 1999) version
