Assessment of the potential of a high spatial resolution geostationary system

A DART based data processing chain was developed for assessing the potential of a high spatial resolution geostationary satellite. It simulates time series of TOA and BOA radiance values and their spatial variability at any satellite spatial resolution, for any experimental, instrumental and view configuration (e.g., geosynchronous orbit). Account of sources of noise (e.g., atmosphere, sensor, anisotropy of surface optical properties,...) gives the radiance SNR (i.e., domain of validity). First results with the desert and tree savannah sites are very encouraging.