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Recommended Missions
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... TABLE 1  Launch, Orbit, and Instrument Specifications for Missions Recommended to NOAA Decadal Rough Cost Survey Estimate Mission Mission Description Orbita Instruments (FY 06 $million) 2010-2013 CLARREO Solar and Earth radiation characteristics for LEO, Broadband 65 (instrument understanding climate forcing SSO radiometer reflight components)
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... climate system SMAP Soil moisture and freeze-thaw for weather LEO, SSO L-band radar 300 and water cycle processes L-band radiometer ICESat-II Ice sheet height changes for climate LEO, Laser altimeter 300 change diagnosis Non-SSO DESDynI Surface and ice sheet deformation LEO, SSO L-band InSAR 700 for understanding natural hazards Laser altimeter and climate; vegetation structure for ecosystem health 2013-2016 HyspIRI Land surface composition for agriculture LEO, SSO Hyperspectral spectrometer 300 and mineral characterization; vegetation types for ecosystem health ASCENDS Day/night, all-latitude, all-season CO2 LEO, SSO Multifrequency laser 400 column integrals for climate emissions SWOT Ocean, lake, and river water levels for LEO, SSO Ka- or Ku-band radar 450 ocean and inland water dynamics Ku-band altimeter Microwave radiometer GEO-CAPE Atmospheric gas columns for air quality GEO High-spatial-resolution 550 forecasts; ocean color for coastal hyperspectral ecosystem health and climate emissions spectrometer Low-spatial-resolution imaging spectrometer IR correlation radiometer ACE Aerosol and cloud profiles for climate LEO, SSO Backscatter lidar 800 and water cycle; ocean color for open Multiangle polarimeter ocean biogeochemistry Doppler radar 2016-2020 LIST Land surface topography for landslide LEO, SSO Laser altimeter 300 hazards and water runoff PATH High-frequency, all-weather temperature GEO Microwave array 450 and humidity soundings for weather spectrometer forecasting and sea surface temperatureb GRACE-II High-temporal-resolution gravity fields for LEO, SSO Microwave or laser ranging 450 tracking large-scale water movement system SCLP Snow accumulation for freshwater LEO, SSO Ku- and X-band radars 500 availability K- and Ka-band radiometers GACM Ozone and related gases for LEO, SSO UV spectrometer 600 intercontinental air quality and IR spectrometer stratospheric ozone layer prediction Microwave limb sounder 3D-Winds Tropospheric winds for weather LEO, SSO Doppler lidar 650 (Demo) forecasting and pollution transport aLEO, low Earth orbit; SSO, Sun-synchronous orbit; GEO, geostationary Earth orbit.
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Key Terms

  • laser altimeter
  • earth orbit
  • land surface
  • surface temperature
  • climate emissions

  • water cycle
  • mission description
  • earth radiation
  • low earth
  • missions recommended

  • ice sheet
  • ecosystem health
  • rough cost
  • temperature measurement
  • instrument specifications

  • orbita instruments
  • layer prediction
  • atmospheric gas
  • gravity fields
  • radiometer ace

  • tropospheric winds
  • water movement
  • limb sounder
  • estimate mission
  • gas columns

  • doppler lidar
  • ozone layer
  • radiation characteristics
  • backscatter lidar
  • microwave limb


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