Title :
The Triana satellite mission from L-1 for global vegetation monitoring
Author :
Gerstl, S.A.W. ; Valero, F.P.J.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
Triana is expected to deliver continuous full-disk multispectral images of the Earth by July 2001 through the Internet. The primary instrument on Triana is a calibrated multispectral imager, the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) with 10 spectral channels in the ultraviolet, visible and near infrared wavelength regions. Additional broadband radiometers will also measure the Earth´s reflected solar radiation from the entire globe continuously. These radiometers will be useful for monitoring global change on time scales from minutes up to the mission lifetime of 5 years. They will contribute unique new data to help solve the outstanding solar radiation/climate problem of our time: how much solar energy is absorbed in the atmosphere?
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; geophysical equipment; radiometers; vegetation mapping; EPIC; Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera; Triana satellite mission; broadband radiometers; calibrated multispectral imager; continuous full-disk multispectral images; global change; global vegetation monitoring; near infrared; reflected solar radiation; solar energy absorption; solar radiation/climate problem; time scales; ultraviolet; visible; Cameras; Earth; Instruments; Internet; Multispectral imaging; Optical imaging; Radiometers; Satellite broadcasting; Solar radiation; Vegetation mapping;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773385
