Session
Session 9: Science/Mission Payloads 2
Abstract
Individual small weather satellites have been previously presented including GPS-Radio Occultation, Infrared Sounding, Microwave Radiometry, Multispectral Imaging, and Gas-Filter Correlation Radiometry, but to our knowledge not as a comprehensive on-orbit system. In this paper, for the first time, we describe a new global Meteorological Network - MetNetTM using multiple electro-optical and microwave satellite constellations. We shall provide a brief overview of several candidate small weather satellites including Doppler Wind Temperature Sounder (DWTSTM), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-Radiometer in 3U (MODIS-3U), the Compact Microwave Sounder (CMS), the Compact Infrared Sounder CIS), the stellar occultation temperature retrieval CubeSat (T-STAR), the Aerosols and Cloud Characterization Imaging Polarimeter (ACCIP), and the High-Altitude Temperature Sounder (HATSTM). These instrument constellations when combined shall cover the full range of altitudes from surface to thermosphere, at significantly higher spatial resolutions than available from GEO satellites, with improved retrievals through synergistic data techniques. The disaggregation of instruments onto several spacecraft simplifies the production flow, as well as allowing more flexibility in calibration maneuvers such as lunar scans and cross-calibrations. The full range of measurements shall include horizontal wind speeds, 3D temperature soundings, humidity, precipitation, sea surface temperature, cloud characterization, aerosol size distributions, and atmospheric chemistry.
Presentation
MetNet™ Small Weather Satellite Network: An Alternative System for Global Meteorological Observations
Individual small weather satellites have been previously presented including GPS-Radio Occultation, Infrared Sounding, Microwave Radiometry, Multispectral Imaging, and Gas-Filter Correlation Radiometry, but to our knowledge not as a comprehensive on-orbit system. In this paper, for the first time, we describe a new global Meteorological Network - MetNetTM using multiple electro-optical and microwave satellite constellations. We shall provide a brief overview of several candidate small weather satellites including Doppler Wind Temperature Sounder (DWTSTM), Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro-Radiometer in 3U (MODIS-3U), the Compact Microwave Sounder (CMS), the Compact Infrared Sounder CIS), the stellar occultation temperature retrieval CubeSat (T-STAR), the Aerosols and Cloud Characterization Imaging Polarimeter (ACCIP), and the High-Altitude Temperature Sounder (HATSTM). These instrument constellations when combined shall cover the full range of altitudes from surface to thermosphere, at significantly higher spatial resolutions than available from GEO satellites, with improved retrievals through synergistic data techniques. The disaggregation of instruments onto several spacecraft simplifies the production flow, as well as allowing more flexibility in calibration maneuvers such as lunar scans and cross-calibrations. The full range of measurements shall include horizontal wind speeds, 3D temperature soundings, humidity, precipitation, sea surface temperature, cloud characterization, aerosol size distributions, and atmospheric chemistry.
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