The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Mission and Its Polarimeters: An Overview

Cairns, Brian

关键词: AEROSOLS;    CLOUDS (METEOROLOGY);    DROPS (LIQUIDS);    HYPER ANGULAR RAINBOW POLARIMETER (HARP2);    OCEAN COLOR;    OCEAN COLOR INSTRUMENT (OCI);    PLANKTON, AEROSOL, CLOUD, OCEAN ECOSYSTEM (PACE) MISSION;    SIZE DISTRIBUTION;    SPEXONE POLARIMETER;   

RP-ID  :  GSFC-E-DAA-TN75557

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

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来源: NASA Technical Reports Server

【 摘 要 】

Key characteristics of the PACE observatory include: the Ocean Color Instrument (OCI), built at GSFC; the Hyper Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP-2), contributed by the Earth and Space Institute at the University of Maryland Baltimore County; the Spectro-polarimeter for Planetary Exploration (SPEXone), contributed by a Netherlands-based consortium consisting of the Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON) and Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands; 676.5 km altitude and 13:00 local Equatorial crossing time; Sun synchronous, polar, ascending orbit with 98º inclination; and fall 2022 launch, three-year design life.