Geostationary Atmospheric Sounder (GAS) Demonstrator Development
Konferenz: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
23.03.2009 - 27.03.2009 in Berlin, Germany
Tagungsband: EuCAP 2009
Seiten: 5Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF
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Autoren:
Carlström, Anders; Christensen, Jacob; Ingvarson, Per (RUAG Aerospace Sweden, Göteborg, Sweden)
Embretsén, Johan; Emrich, Anders (Omnisys Instruments, Göteborg, Sweden)
Maagt, Peter de (European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands)
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This paper presents the ongoing development of a demonstrator for the Geostationary Atmospheric Sounder (GAS) instrument. GAS utilizes synthetic aperture radiometry to obtain desired spatial (30 km) and temporal (nowcasting) resolution for measurement of atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles under all weather conditions. These parameters are decisively important to meteorological and climate models at all time scales. The instrument development project includes on-ground demonstration of both the imaging performance and the mechanical concept.