Revert " Add precipitable clouds in microwave all-sky assimilations" (#…

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NOAA-EMC · Jan 18, 2025 · 0150d28 · 0150d28
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diff --git a/observation_chronicle/atmosphere/atms_n21.yaml b/observation_chronicle/atmosphere/atms_n21.yaml
diff --git a/observations/atmosphere/amsua_n19.yaml.j2 b/observations/atmosphere/amsua_n19.yaml.j2
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@
   # --------------------
   obs operator:
     name: CRTM
-    Absorbers: [H2O, O3, CO2]
-    Clouds: &{{observation_from_jcb}}_clouds [Water, Ice, Rain, Snow, Graupel]
-#   Cloud_Fraction: 1.0
-    Cloud_Seeding: true
+    Absorbers: [H2O, O3]
+    Clouds: [Water, Ice]
+    Cloud_Fraction: 1.0
     obs options:
       Sensor_ID: &{{observation_from_jcb}}_sensor_id amsua_n19
       EndianType: little_endian
@@ -35,8 +34,6 @@
   obs bias:
     input file: "{{atmosphere_obsbiasin_path}}/{{atmosphere_obsbiasin_prefix}}{{observation_from_jcb}}{{atmosphere_obsbiasin_suffix}}"
     output file: "{{atmosphere_obsbiasout_path}}/{{atmosphere_obsbiasout_prefix}}{{observation_from_jcb}}{{atmosphere_obsbiasout_suffix}}"
-    variables without bc: [brightnessTemperature]
-    channels: {{ get_satellite_variable(observation_from_jcb, "not_biascorrtd") }}
     variational bc:
       predictors:
       - name: constant
@@ -67,25 +64,7 @@
 
   # Observation Filters (QC)
   # ------------------------
-  obs prior filters:
-  # Zero Atmospheric clouds in CRTM where water_area_fraction < 0.99
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: MetaData/zeroCloudInCRTM
-      type: int
-      function:
-        name: ObsFunction/Conditional
-        options:
-#         firstmatchingcase: false
-          defaultvalue: 0 # Will not zero clouds by default
-          cases:
-          - where:
-            - variable:
-                name: GeoVaLs/water_area_fraction
-              maxvalue: 0.99
-            value: 1 # Will zero clouds by default
-
-  obs post filters:
+  obs filters:
   - filter: BlackList
     filter variables:
     - name: brightnessTemperature
@@ -145,7 +124,6 @@
       channels: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_simulated_channels
       options:
         channels: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_simulated_channels
-        Clouds: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_clouds
         obserr_clearsky: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_err0
         clwret_function:
           name: ObsFunction/CLWRetMW
@@ -323,8 +301,6 @@
             x1: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_x1
             err0: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_err0
             err1: *{{observation_from_jcb}}_err1
-        threshold: 3
-        threshold_precip: 2.5
         obserr_bound_max: [{{ get_satellite_variable(observation_from_jcb, "ermax") }}]
     action:
       name: reject
@@ -358,116 +334,8 @@
     minvalue: 1.0e-12
     action:
       name: reject
-# Column liquid cloud
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidCloud
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: TotalColumnCloudGuess@ObsFunction
-        options:
-          cloud_content: mass_content_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_atmosphere_layer
-# Column ice cloud
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnIceCloud
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: TotalColumnCloudGuess@ObsFunction
-        options:
-          cloud_content: mass_content_of_cloud_ice_in_atmosphere_layer
-# Combined ColumnLiquidCloud + ColumnIceCloud
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidIceCloud
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: ObsFunction/Arithmetic
-        options:
-          variables:
-          - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidCloud
-          - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnIceCloud
-          coefs: [1, 1]
-# replace zero by 1e-7 in DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidIceCloud
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidIceCloud
-      type: float
-      value: 1.0e-7
-    where:
-    - variable:
-        name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidIceCloud
-      maxvalue: 1.0e-8
 
-# ratio of liquid /(Liquid+Ice)
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnRatioLiquidCloud
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: ObsFunction/ElementMultiply
-        options:
-          variables:
-          - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidCloud
-          - name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidIceCloud
-          exponents: [1,-1]
-# TotalColumnVaporGuess
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/TotalColumnVaporGuess
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: ObsFunction/TotalColumnVaporGuess
-# potentialTemperature at surface
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/PotentialTemperatureSurface
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: PotentialTemperatureGuess2D@ObsFunction
-        options:
-          approximate pressure: surface_pressure
-# potentialTemperature near 700 hPa
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/PotentialTemperatureAt700hPa
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: PotentialTemperatureGuess2D@ObsFunction
-        options:
-          approximate pressure: 70000.0
-# stability = Difference between PotentialTemperatur values
-  - filter: Variable Assignment
-    assignments:
-    - name: DerivedMetaData/PotentialTemperatureDiff
-      type: float
-      function:
-        name: ObsFunction/Arithmetic
-        options:
-          variables:
-          - name: DerivedMetaData/PotentialTemperatureAt700hPa
-          - name: DerivedMetaData/PotentialTemperatureSurface
-          coefs: [1, -1]
-## cao_check
-  - filter: BlackList
-    filter variables:
-    - name: brightnessTemperature
-      channels: 1-6, 15
-    where:
-    - variable:
-        name: ObsFunction/TotalColumnVaporGuess
-      maxvalue: 8.0
-    - variable:
-        name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnRatioLiquidCloud
-      maxvalue: 0.5
-    - variable:
-        name: DerivedMetaData/ColumnLiquidIceCloud
-      minvalue: 1.0e-6
-    - variable:
-        name: DerivedMetaData/PotentialTemperatureDiff
-      maxvalue: 12.0
-    action:
-      name: reject
+
   # GeoVaLs for Driving Observation Operators (testing mode)
   # --------------------------------------------------------
   geovals: