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Remote Sensing from Geostationary Orbit: GEO TROPSAT, A New Concept for Atmospheric Remote SensingThe 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.
Document ID
20040110389
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Little, Alan D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Neil, Doreen O.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Sachse, Glen W.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Fishman, Jack
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Krueger, Arlin J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1997
Subject Category
Environment Pollution
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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