Remote sensing from geostationary orbit: GEO TROPSAT, a new concept for atmospheric remote sensing

Alan D. Little; Doreen Osowski Neil; Glen William Sachse; Jack Fishman; Arlin J. Krueger

doi:10.1117/12.298116

31 December 1997 Remote sensing from geostationary orbit: GEO TROPSAT, a new concept for atmospheric remote sensing

Alan D. Little, Doreen Osowski Neil, Glen William Sachse, Jack Fishman, Arlin J. Krueger

Proceedings Volume 3221, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298116
Event: Aerospace Remote Sensing '97, 1997, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

The geostationary tropospheric pollution satellite (GEO TROPSAT) mission is a new approach to measuring the critical constituents of tropospheric ozone chemistry: ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and aerosols. The GEO TROPSAT mission comprises a constellation of three instruments flying as secondary payloads on geostationary communications satellites around the world. This proposed approach can significantly reduce the cost of getting a science payload to geostationary orbit and also generates revenue for the satellite owners. The geostationary vantage point enables simultaneous high temporal and spatial resolution measurement of tropospheric trace gases, leading to greatly improved atmospheric ozone chemistry knowledge. The science data processing, conducted as a research (not operational) activity, will provide atmospheric trace gas data many times per day over the same region at better than 25 km ground footprint. The high temporal resolution identifies short time scale processes, diurnal variations, seasonal trends, and interannual variation.

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Alan D. Little, Doreen Osowski Neil, Glen William Sachse, Jack Fishman, and Arlin J. Krueger "Remote sensing from geostationary orbit: GEO TROPSAT, a new concept for atmospheric remote sensing", Proc. SPIE 3221, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites, (31 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298116

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