Remote sensing capabilities of the GeoCAPE Airborne Simulator

Matthew G. Kowalewski; Scott J. Janz

doi:10.1117/12.2062058

26 September 2014 Remote sensing capabilities of the GEO-CAPE airborne simulator

Matthew G. Kowalewski, Scott J. Janz

Proceedings Volume 9218, Earth Observing Systems XIX; 92181I (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2062058
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2014, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) Airborne Simulator (GCAS) was designed and built at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) as a technology demonstration instrument for the atmospheric science study group of GEO-CAPE and potential validation instrument for NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring Pollution (TEMPO) mission. GCAS was designed to make high altitude remote sensing observations of tropospheric and boundary layer pollutants, coastal and ocean water leaving radiances, and visible imagery for cloud and surface information. The instrument has participated in one flight campaign in Houston, TX as part of the Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from Column and Vertically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality (DISCOVER-AQ) in September 2013. An overview of the instrument’s design, characterization, and preliminary slant column retrievals of nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and ozone (O₃) during the DISCOVER-AQ campaign will be provided in this paper.

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Matthew G. Kowalewski and Scott J. Janz "Remote sensing capabilities of the GEO-CAPE airborne simulator", Proc. SPIE 9218, Earth Observing Systems XIX, 92181I (26 September 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2062058

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