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TitleAlos and Radarsat Synergies in Geological Investigations
 
AuthorSinghroy, V; Li, J; Fobert, M
SourceIEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium proceedings 8898711, 2019 p. 4719-4722, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2019.8898711
Year2019
Alt SeriesNatural Resources Canada, Contribution Series 20190617
Documentserial
Lang.English
Mediapaper; on-line; digital
File formatpdf
Subjectsgeophysics; remote sensing; Radarsat
ProgramCanada Centre for Remote Sensing Divsion
Released2019 11 14
AbstractAIM-North is a proposed satellite mission that would provide observations of unprecedented frequency and density for monitoring northern greenhouse gases (GHGs), air quality (AQ) and vegetation. AIM-North would consist of two satellites in a highly elliptical orbit formation, observing over land from ?40°N to 80°N multiple times per day. Each satellite would carry a near-infrared to shortwave infrared imaging spectrometer for CO2, CH4, and CO, and an ultraviolet-visible imaging spectrometer for air quality. Both instruments would measure solar-induced fluorescence from vegetation. A cloud imager would make near-real-time observations, which could inform the pointing of the other instruments to focus only on the clearest regions. Multiple geostationary (GEO) AQ and GHG satellites are planned for the 2020s, but they will lack coverage of northern regions like the Arctic. AIM-North would address this gap with quasi-geostationary observations of the North and overlap with GEO coverage to facilitate intercomparison and fusion of these datasets. The resulting data would improve our ability to forecast northern air quality and quantify fluxes of GHG and AQ species from forests, permafrost, biomass burning and anthropogenic activity, furthering our scientific understanding of these processes and supporting environmental policy.
GEOSCAN ID321946

 
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