Publication Date:
2019-08-13
Description:
The PACE (Pre-Aerosol, Clouds and ocean Ecosystem) mission, anticipated for launch in the early 2020s, is designed to characterize oceanic and atmospheric properties. The primary instrument on-board will be a moderate resolution (approximately 1 km nadir) radiometer, called the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI). OCI will provide high spectral resolution (5 nm) from the UV to NIR (350 - 800 nm), with additional spectral bands in the NIR and SWIR. The OCI itself is an excellent instrument for atmospheric objectives, providing measurements across a broad spectral range that in essence combines the capabilities of MODIS and OMI, but with the UV channels from OMI to be available at moderate resolution. (Image credit: PACE Science Definition Team Report). Objective: Can we make use of the UV-SWIR measurements to derive information about aerosol absorption when aerosol loading is high?
Keywords:
Instrumentation and Photography; Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Type:
GSFC-E-DAA-TN34144
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2016 MODIS/VIIRS Science Team Meeting; Jun 06, 2016 - Jun 10, 2016; Silver Spring, MD; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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