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Appendix C: Future Missions
Appendix C: Future Missions
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The European Space Agency (ESA) is also planning Earth observation missions, discussed below, that may provide operational benefits.
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html> FUTURE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY "OPPORTUNITY" MISSIONS "Opportunity" missions are not necessarily ESA-led and are on a smaller scale than "Core" missions. As part of the second cycle of Earth Explorers Opportunity Missions, three new candidate proposals were selected to enter Phase A (feasibility study)
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secondary products being eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/ cloud/aerosol lidar and land/ eos_homepage/ vegetation altimetry. In mission_profiles/ particular the mission index/php> determines decadal variation of ice sheet thickness over Greenland and Antarctica, altitude and thickness of clouds, vegetation heights, land topography, and ocean surface and sea ice altimetry.
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for measuring ocean surface wind speed and direction. WindSatwill demonstrate the viability of using polarimetry to measure the wind vector from space and provide operationally usable tactical information to Navy units.
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particular, ocean surface winds. Atmospheric ozone will also Infrared be monitored.
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Descriptiona The Aura satellite hosts a suite of scientific instruments designed to make the most comprehensive measurements ever undertaken of atmospheric trace gases. Its objective is to study the chemistry and dynamics of the Earth's atmosphere with emphasis on the upper troposphere and lower Launch Date Web Links January 2004 (estimated)
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Descriptiona CryoSat is a radar altimetry mission dedicated to the observation of the polar regions. Its aim is to study possible climate variability and trends by determining the variations in thickness of the Earth's continental ice sheets .
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Descriptiona ALOS is a Satellite following the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1 ) and Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS)
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METOC Imager (IOMI) The GIFTS-IOMI objective is to demonstrate and flight qualify advanced technologies for application to future space missions and to provide better meteorological and atmospheric chemistry data products (results)
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TERRA and Aqua missions. These include measurements for the following: atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, humidity sounding, land and ocean biological productivity, and cloud and aerosol properties.
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The overall objectives of the SMOS mission are to provide global observations of two crucial variables for modeling the weather and climate, Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity. It will also monitor the vegetation water content, snow cover, and ice structure.
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Land cover characterization for terrestrial ecosystem modeling, monitoring and prediction, and climate modeling and prediction, and (2) Global reference data set of topographic spot heights and transects.
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