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ObsFunctions in UFO

Observation Functions are more advanced filtering routines that are encapsulated together in a unit. They usually combine several complicated logic operations, and decomposing these filters into separate parts would have an obfuscating effect.

:ref:`ChannelUseflagCheckRad <ChannelUseflagCheckRad>`
Channel usage flag check for radiances
:ref:`CloudDetectMinResidualIR <CloudDetectMinResidualIR>`
Cloud detection using Minimum Residual Method for IR Sensors
:ref:`CLWMatchIndexMW <CLWMatchIndexMW>`
Cloud liquid water match index for microwave radiances
:ref:`CLWRetMW_SSMIS <CLWRetMW_SSMIS>`
Cloud liquid water for SSMIS
:ref:`InterChannelConsistencyCheck <InterChannelConsistencyCheck>`
Inter-channel consistency check for radiances
:ref:`NearSSTRetCheckIR <NearSSTRetCheckIR>`
NCEP-GDAP near-sea-surface temperature IR retrieval
:ref:`ObsErrorBoundIR <ObsErrorBoundIR>`
Observation error bound for gross check
:ref:`ObsErrorBoundMW <ObsErrorBoundMW>`
Obseration error bounds for microwave radiances
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorConventional <ObsErrorFactorConventional>`
Compute observation error inflation factor for conventional observations based on vertical spacing
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorLatRad <ObsErrorFactorLatRad>`
Observation error bound reduction within tropics
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorQuotient <ObsErrorFactorQuotient>`
Reject observations based on comparing final observation error to initial error estimate
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorSfcPressure <ObsErrorFactorSfcPressure>`
Inflate observation error for surface pressure (as in GSI)
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorSituDependMW <ObsErrorFactorSituDependMW>`
Compute error inflation factors for AMSU-A and ATMS
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorSurfJacobianRad <ObsErrorFactorSurfJacobianRad>`
Inflate error using surface temperature and emissivity Jacobians
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorTopoRad <ObsErrorFactorTopoRad>`
GSI error inflation as a function of terrain height, channel, and transmittance
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorTransmitTopRad <ObsErrorFactorTransmitTopRad>`
Satellite radiance observation error inflation factor
:ref:`ObsErrorFactorWavenumIR <ObsErrorFactorWavenumIR>`
Observation error inflation for satellite infrared sensors
:ref:`ObsErrorModelRamp <ObsErrorModelRamp>`
Parameterize observation error as a piecewise linear function
:ref:`ObsErrorModelStepwiseLinear <ObsErrorModelStepwiseLinear>`
GSI variant of ObsErrorModelRamp
:ref:`ObsFunctionVelocity <ObsFunctionVelocity>`
Compute wind speed from u- and v- components
:ref:`RONBAMErrInflate <RONBAMErrInflate>`
Observation error inflation factor for GnssroBndNBAM
:ref:`SatWindsLNVDCheck <SatWindsLNVDCheck>`
log-normal vector difference (LNVD) between observed and model winds
:ref:`SatWindsSPDBCheck <SatWindsSPDBCheck>`
Wind gross error check
:ref:`TropopauseEstimate <TropopauseEstimate>`
First-guess extimate of tropopause pressure from climatology
:ref:`WindDirAngleDiff <WindDirAngleDiff>`
Compute wind direction angle different between observation and model
.. toctree::
   :hidden:

   ChannelUseflagCheckRad
   CloudDetectMinResidualIR
   CLWMatchIndexMW
   CLWRetMW_SSMIS
   InterChannelConsistencyCheck
   NearSSTRetCheckIR
   ObsErrorBoundIR
   ObsErrorBoundMW
   ObsErrorFactorConventional
   ObsErrorFactorLatRad
   ObsErrorFactorQuotient
   ObsErrorFactorSfcPressure
   ObsErrorFactorSituDependMW
   ObsErrorFactorSurfJacobianRad
   ObsErrorFactorTopoRad
   ObsErrorFactorTransmitTopRad
   ObsErrorFactorWavenumIR
   ObsErrorModelRamp
   ObsErrorModelStepwiseLinear
   ObsFunctionVelocity
   ROobserrInflation
   SatWindsLNVDCheck
   SatWindsSPDBCheck
   TropopauseEstimate
   WindDirAngleDiff