DocumentCode
411064
Title
NASA´s EOS Terra mission update
Author
Ranson, K. Jon
Author_Institution
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Volume
5
fYear
2003
fDate
2003
Firstpage
3023
Abstract
NASA launched the Terra spacecraft, first major platform for the Earth Observing System, in December 1999. The platform has five instruments that acquire global data for a wide variety of scientific studies of the Earth´s land, oceans, and atmosphere. The Terra mission initiated a process of long-term measurements designed to assess and monitor the health of the Earth. This paper provides an overview of the Terra mission and the status of the spacecraft and instruments during the past year.
Keywords
Earth; artificial satellites; radiometers; remote sensing; spectrometers; terrestrial atmosphere; Earth Observing System; Earth health; MODIS; MOderate Imaging Spectroradiometer; NASA; Terra mission; Terra spacecraft; atmosphere; oceans; radiometers; remote sensing; Atmospheric measurements; Earth Observing System; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; MODIS; NASA; Oceans; Satellites; Sea measurements; Space vehicles;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7929-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294668
Filename
1294668
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