Dewitte, S.; Abdul Nazar, A.A.; Zhang, Y.; Smeesters, L. A Multispectral Camera Suite for the Observation of Earth’s Outgoing Radiative Energy. Remote Sens.2023, 15, 5487.
Dewitte, S.; Abdul Nazar, A.A.; Zhang, Y.; Smeesters, L. A Multispectral Camera Suite for the Observation of Earth’s Outgoing Radiative Energy. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 5487.
Dewitte, S.; Abdul Nazar, A.A.; Zhang, Y.; Smeesters, L. A Multispectral Camera Suite for the Observation of Earth’s Outgoing Radiative Energy. Remote Sens.2023, 15, 5487.
Dewitte, S.; Abdul Nazar, A.A.; Zhang, Y.; Smeesters, L. A Multispectral Camera Suite for the Observation of Earth’s Outgoing Radiative Energy. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 5487.
Abstract
As part of the Earth Climate Observatory space mission concept for the direct observation from space of the Earth Energy Imbalance, we propose an advanced camera suite for the high resolution observation of the Total Outgoing Radiation of the Earth. For the observation of the Reflected Solar Radiation, we propose the use of two multispectral cameras covering the range from 400 to 950 nm, with a nadir resolution of 1.7 km, combined with a high resolution RGB camera, with a nadir resolution of 0.57 km. For the observation of the Outgoing Longwave Radiation, we propose the use of 6 microbolometer cameras, with each a spectral bandwidth of 1 μm in the range from 8 to 14 μm, and with a nadir resolution of 2.2 km.
Keywords
earth energy imbalance; reflected solar radiation; outgoing longwave radiation; optical design
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing
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