Document Type

Presentation

Journal/Book Title/Conference

98th AMS Annual Meeting

Location

Austin, TX

Publication Date

2018

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
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Abstract

CrIS Background

Satellite-based, infrared, Fourier transform spectrometer

  • Provides Earth surface, atmospheric, and weather observations
  • Global coverage twice daily

Launched and operational CrIS instruments

  • Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (SNPP) spacecraft, launched Oct. 2011, operational since Apr. 2012
  • SNPP follow-on system (J1) launched Nov. 2017, expected operational spring 2018

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