First results and on-orbit performance of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the PACE satellite

J. Vanderlei Martins; Roberto A. Fernandez-Borda; Anin Puthukkudy; Xiaoguang Xu; Noah Sienkiewicz; Rachel Smith; Brent McBride; Oleg Dubovik; Lorraine A. Remer

doi:10.1117/12.3034008

20 November 2024 First results and on-orbit performance of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the PACE satellite

J. Vanderlei Martins, Roberto A. Fernandez-Borda, Anin Puthukkudy, Xiaoguang Xu, Noah Sienkiewicz, Rachel Smith, Brent McBride, Oleg Dubovik, Lorraine A. Remer

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Proceedings Volume 13192, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII; 131920C (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3034008
Event: Remote Sensing, 2024, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter-2 (HARP2) was launched on board the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, in February 2024, for the global measurement of aerosol and cloud properties as well as to provide atmospheric correction over the footprint of the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI). HARP2 is designed to collect data over a wide field of view in the cross-track direction (+/-47deg) allowing for global coverage in about two days, as well as an even wider field of view in the along-track direction (+/-54deg) providing measurements over a wide range of scattering angles. HARP2 samples 10 angles at 440, 550, and 870nm focusing on aerosol and surface retrievals, and up to 60 angles at 670nm for the hyper-angular retrieval of cloud microphysical properties. The HARP2 instrument collects three nearly identical images with linear polarizers aligned at 0°, 45°, and 90° that can be converted to push-broom images of the I, Q, and U Stokes parameters for each angle, and each wavelength. The HARP2 technology was first demonstrated with the HARP CubeSat satellite which collected a limited dataset for 2 years from 2020 to 2022. HARP2 extends these measurements to a full global coverage in two days, seven days a week.

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J. Vanderlei Martins, Roberto A. Fernandez-Borda, Anin Puthukkudy, Xiaoguang Xu, Noah Sienkiewicz, Rachel Smith, Brent McBride, Oleg Dubovik, and Lorraine A. Remer "First results and on-orbit performance of the Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP2) on the PACE satellite", Proc. SPIE 13192, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXVIII, 131920C (20 November 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3034008

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