Title :
The CEOS/GEO constellation concept
Author :
Cramer, Bryant ; Ungar, Stephen
Author_Institution :
NASA/HQ, Washington
Abstract :
This article provides an overview of the CEOS/GEO constellation concept and the status to date of four prototype constellations namely: (i) Land Surface Imaging, lead by USGS and NASA; (2) Ocean Surface Topography, lead by NOAA and EUMESTAT; (3) Atmospheric Composition, lead by NASA; and (4) Precipitation, lead by JAXA and NASA.
Keywords :
geophysical techniques; geophysics; Atmospheric Composition constellation; CEOS-GEO constellation concept; EUMESTAT; JAXA; Land Surface Imaging constellation; NASA; NOAA; Ocean Surface Topography constellation; Precipitation constellation; USGS; Africa; Guidelines; Land surface; Meeting planning; NASA; Notice of Violation; Oceans; Prototypes; Sea surface; Surface topography; CEOS; Constellations; GEO; GEOS;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2007. IGARSS 2007. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1211-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1212-9
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2007.4422714
