Eight years of AIRS

Sung-Yung Lee; Thomas Pagano; Moustafa Chahine; Eric Fetzer

doi:10.1117/12.868474

12 November 2010 Eight years of AIRS

Sung-Yung Lee, Thomas Pagano, Moustafa Chahine, Eric Fetzer

Proceedings Volume 7857, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques, and Applications III; 785702 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868474
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2010, Incheon, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) on the EOS Aqua Spacecraft was launched in May of 2002. The AIRS Sounding Suit, AIRS along with AMSU-A and HSB, were designed to measure the atmospheric temperature and water vapor profiles, the surface and the cloud parameters for climate research and for improvement in weather forecast. Over the last 8+ years AIRS has been operating extremely stable, far surpassing original design life of 4 - 5 years. Many exciting research papers on climate have been published with AIRS data. The AIRS data are assimilated by most NWP centers and have shown considerable improvement in forecast skill. We will describe the current status of the instruments as well as the new activity on the data processing software.

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Sung-Yung Lee, Thomas Pagano, Moustafa Chahine, and Eric Fetzer "Eight years of AIRS", Proc. SPIE 7857, Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Remote Sensing Technology, Techniques, and Applications III, 785702 (12 November 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.868474

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