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AN: A21C-0972    [PDF]
TI: Tropospheric Emissions Spectrometer (TES) One Day Test Objectives And Status
AU: * Lampel, M C
EM: mlampel@sdsio.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: Raytheon, 299 N. Euclid Av. Suite 500, Pasadena, CA 91101 United States
AU: Worden, H
EM: hmw@tes-mail.jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Beer, R
EM: Reinhard.Beer@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Bowman, K
EM: Kevin.W.Bowman@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Eldering, A
EM: Annmarie.Eldering@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Gunson, M
EM: Michael.R.Gunson-101555@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Luo, M
EM: Mingzhao.Luo@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Osterman, G
EM: Gregory.Osterman@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Kulawik, S S
EM: Susan.E.Sund@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AU: Worden, J
EM: John.Worden@jpl.nasa.gov
AF: JPL/Caltech, Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology M.S. 183-301 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109 United States
AB: The TES instrument will be launched as part of the EOS Aura spacecraft. The goal of the instrument is to observe important chemical species in the atmosphere, O3, CH4, CO, and others. The TES One Day Test processes 16 orbits (~1day which is defined as a global survey) worth of instrument observations: 1168 nadir target scenes (averages of 2 nadir observations pointing at the same geolocation) and 3504 limb target scenes. There are four science objectives for the ODT. First, to determine whether the "production mode" implementation of the species retrieval algorithm provides the required accuracy, robustness, and performance needed to be able to successfully process global survey data. Robustness refers to the ability to apply constraints, allow selection of retrieval algorithms and/or cost functions, and include enough detail in the forward model to account for the true variation of the atmosphere so that the majority of target scenes can complete successfully. Second, to determine what information out of the target scene retrievals will be most useful in enabling monitoring of science data quality, instrument performance, and compilation of relevant statistics. Third, to evaluate error analysis techniques for both single target retrievals and aggregations of retrievals, with emphasis on an entire global survey. Fourth, to determine whether ordering target scenes would allow additional improvements in performance. Status of the ongoing One Day Test will be presented including results of retrievals and corresponding error analyis. The degree to which the above objectives have been satisfied will be discussed.
DE: 0360 Transmission and scattering of radiation
DE: 0365 Troposphere--composition and chemistry
DE: 3359 Radiative processes
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
DE: 3394 Instruments and techniques
SC: Atmospheric Sciences [A]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting