Title :
Accurate monitoring of terrestrial aerosols and total solar irradiance: The NASA Glory mission
Author :
Mishchenko, Michael ; Cairns, Brian ; Kopp, Greg ; Maring, Hal ; Fafaul, Bryan ; Knobelspiesse, Kirk ; Chowdhary, Jacek
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Inst. for Space Studies, WA, USA
Abstract :
Current uncertainties in the total solar irradiance (TSI) and aerosol radiative forcings of climate are so large that they limit quantitative evaluation of climate models against global temperature change. Reducing these uncertainties is the objective of the NASA Glory mission scheduled for launch in November 2010 as part of the NASA A-Train. Glory is intended to meet the following scientific objectives: Improve the quantification of solar variability by continuing the uninterrupted 32-year satellite measurement record of TSI, facilitate the quantification of the aerosol direct and indirect forcings of climate, and provide better aerosol representations for use by other operational satellite instruments.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; climatology; remote sensing; sunlight; NASA Glory mission; aerosol radiative forcings; climate models; global temperature change; terrestrial aerosols; total solar irradiance; Accuracy; Aerosols; Clouds; Instruments; Meteorology; NASA; Sea measurements; aerosols; radiative forcing; solar irradiance;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2010 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9565-8
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652996
