Extending climate data records from the EOS era into the NPOESS era

Author

Murphy, R.E. ; Henegar, J. ; Wharton, S. ; Guenther, B. ; Kealy, P.M.

Author_Institution

Earth Sci. Directorate, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

1332

Abstract

In preparation for the future National Polar Orbiting Operational Satellite System (NPOESS) NASA and the Integrated Program Office are conducting the NPOESS Preparatory project (NPP), a mission to provide risk reduction for the NPOESS and data continuity for global change researchers. We summarize the sensor capabilities, orbital characteristics, and the data that produces the Climate Data Records (CDRs). We describe NASA plans to work with the IPO and its systems contractor, Northrop Grumman Space Technologies, on sensor characterization and calibration, algorithm evolution and the production of CDRs.

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; calibration; climatology; data acquisition; remote sensing by radar; sensors; spaceborne radar; CDR; IPO; NASA; NPOESS; National Polar Orbiting Operational Satellite System; Northrop Grumman Space Technologies; algorithm evolution; climate data records; data continuity; global change researchers; orbital characteristics; risk reduction; sensor calibration; sensor capabilities; Earth Observing System; Land surface; Military satellites; NASA; Ocean temperature; Optical interferometry; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Space missions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294099

Filename

1294099