Improving the Understanding of CrIS FSR Non‐Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Radiances Using Spectral Correlation

This work is supported by CIMSS internal funding and GOES‐R and JPSS science projects at CIMSS of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NA15NES4320001). The views, opinions, and findings contained in this report are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's or U.S. Government's position, policy, or decision. The authors thank Dr. Christopher D. Barnet, Dr. Di Di, and Dr. Wenguang Bai for their valuable discussion, comments, and suggestions on this work and the three anonymous reviewers for their very useful comments to improve our paper. Timothy J. Schmit of NOAA NESDIS is thanked for a review of the manuscript. Manuel Lopez‐Puertas was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades (MICINN) under Project ESP2017‐87143‐R and EC FEDER (European Regional Development Fund) funds.