Abstract
Visidyne and SDL have been pursuing a new approach for measuring the intensity of hurricanes (aka typhoons and tropical cyclones) with passive EOIR sensors from space. The concept originated as a major science goal of our joint project with Russia, RAMOS (1992 - 2004). The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the congressional designated manager of the US portion of the International Space Station (ISS), recently awarded Visidyne a grant to take measurements of hurricanes from the ISS using an on-board camera as Phase 1 of this concept. Some recent results and on-going status of the project will be discussed. The approach requires very accurate simultaneous measurements of temperature and altitude of eyewall cloud tops using low cost, integrated sensors. (QED: well calibrated radiometry and metrology)
Project CyMISS Tropical Cyclone Measurements from the ISS
Visidyne and SDL have been pursuing a new approach for measuring the intensity of hurricanes (aka typhoons and tropical cyclones) with passive EOIR sensors from space. The concept originated as a major science goal of our joint project with Russia, RAMOS (1992 - 2004). The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the congressional designated manager of the US portion of the International Space Station (ISS), recently awarded Visidyne a grant to take measurements of hurricanes from the ISS using an on-board camera as Phase 1 of this concept. Some recent results and on-going status of the project will be discussed. The approach requires very accurate simultaneous measurements of temperature and altitude of eyewall cloud tops using low cost, integrated sensors. (QED: well calibrated radiometry and metrology)