Status of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument for EOS-AM1 and its application to remote sensing of aerosols

Author

Diner, David J. ; Abdou, Wedad A. ; Bruegge, CarolJ ; Conel, James E. ; Kahn, Ralph A. ; Martonchik, John V. ; Paradise, Susan R. ; West, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1855

Abstract

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument is currently under development at JPL for the AM1 spacecraft in the Earth Observing System (EOS) series. MISR consists of nine pushbroom cameras, and will provide global coverage in four visible/near-infrared spectral bands. This measurement strategy provides systematic multi-angle imagery of the Earth for studies of aerosols, surface radiation, and clouds. An on-board calibrator consisting of deployable solar diffusers and a set of stable photodiodes provides a high-accuracy detector-based calibration. In this paper the authors report on the progress of the instrument fabrication and testing and focus on the application of MISR´s unique observational strategy to studies of tropospheric aerosols

Keywords

CCD image sensors; aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; calibration; meteorological instruments; meteorology; remote sensing; troposphere; CCD detector AM1; EOS; Earth Observing System; MISR; Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer instrument; aerosol; atmosphere; calibration; deployable solar diffuser; equipment; fabrication; measurement technique; meteorology; multiangle imagery; on-board calibrator; optical method; pushbroom camera; satellite remote sensing; stable photodiode; testing; troposphere; visible IR infrared; Aerosols; Calibration; Cameras; Clouds; Earth Observing System; Instruments; Optical imaging; Photodiodes; Space vehicles; Spectroradiometers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.524048

Filename

524048