AERL — A small satellite for measurement of aerosol properties over land surfaces

Author

Rott, Helmut ; Nagler, Thomas ; Robert, Alice ; Sephton, Tony ; Wishart, Alex ; Strauch, Karsten ; Gantois, Kristof

Author_Institution

ENVEO IT GmbH, Innsbruck, Austria

Volume

5

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

Abstract

The Aerosol Land Mission (AERL) has been investigated within a study on concepts for advanced techniques that are compatible with implementation on a small satellite in the 150-200 kg range of total mass. AERL addresses the need for improved observations of atmospheric aerosol over land surfaces for air pollution control and climate research. The mission employs two instruments for multidirectional and multispectral measurements of reflected solar radiance. For measuring the columnar aerosol optical depth and properties a triple-view spectral imager with narrow band-pass filters in the 420 nm-910 nm spectral range is applied. Information on vertical layering of aerosol is obtained by dual view measurements of a grating spectrometer in the 757 nm-775 nm spectral range (oxygen A band).

Keywords

aerosols; air pollution control; artificial satellites; atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric optics; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric spectra; atmospheric techniques; climatology; remote sensing; sunlight; Aerosol Land Mission; aerosol property measurement; aerosol vertical layering; air pollution control; atmospheric aerosol; climate research; columnar aerosol optical depth; dual view measurement; grating spectrometer; land surfaces; multidirectional measurement; multispectral measurement; narrow band-pass filters; oxygen A band; reflected solar radiance; small satellite; triple-view spectral imager; wavelength 420 nm to 910 nm; Aerosols; Air pollution; Atmospheric measurements; Band pass filters; Instruments; Land surface; Optical filters; Pollution measurement; Satellites; Surface contamination; Aerosols; satellite; sensors; spectrometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3394-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3395-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5417641

Filename

5417641