An update on the NAST-I airborne FTS

Allen M. Larar; William L. Smith; Daniel K. Zhou; Xu Liu; Anna Noe; Don Oliver; Michael Flood; Luc Rochette; Jialin Tian

doi:10.1117/12.898211

12 October 2011 An update on the NAST-I airborne FTS

Allen M. Larar, William L. Smith, Daniel K. Zhou, Xu Liu, Anna Noe, Don Oliver, Michael Flood, Luc Rochette, Jialin Tian

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Proceedings Volume 8176, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XV; 81761Q (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.898211
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The NPOESS / NASA Airborne Sounder Testbed - Interferometer (NAST-I) is a well-proven airborne remote sensing system, which has flown in 18 previous field campaigns aboard the high altitude NASA ER-2, Northrop Grumman / Scaled Composites Proteus, and NASA WB-57 aircraft since initially being flight qualified in 1998. While originally developed to provide experimental observations needed to finalize specifications and test proposed designs and data processing algorithms for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) to fly on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) and the Joint Polar Satellite System, JPSS (formerly NPOESS, prior to recent program restructuring), its unprecedented data quality and system characteristics have contributed to a variety of atmospheric research and measurement validation objectives. This paper will provide a program overview and update, including a summary of measurement system capabilities, select scientific results, and recent refurbishment activities.

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Allen M. Larar, William L. Smith, Daniel K. Zhou, Xu Liu, Anna Noe, Don Oliver, Michael Flood, Luc Rochette, and Jialin Tian "An update on the NAST-I airborne FTS", Proc. SPIE 8176, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XV, 81761Q (12 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.898211

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