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20 August 2020 Preparations for the NASA TROPICS hurricane constellation observatory mission
William J. Blackwell
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Proceedings Volume 11505, CubeSats and SmallSats for Remote Sensing IV; 1150505 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2570304
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The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission, selected by NASA as part of the Earth Venture–Instrument (EVI-3) program, will provide nearly all-weather observations of 3-D temperature and humidity, as well as cloud ice and precipitation horizontal structure, at high temporal resolution to conduct high-value science investigations of tropical cyclones. TROPICS will provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements (median refresh rate better than 60 minutes for the baseline mission) over the tropics that can be used to observe the thermodynamics of the troposphere and precipitation structure for storm systems at the mesoscale and synoptic scale over the entire storm lifecycle. TROPICS comprises a constellation of six CubeSats in three low-Earth orbital planes. All TROPICS flight hardware has been delivered in anticipation of launches occurring no earlier than 2021.
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William J. Blackwell "Preparations for the NASA TROPICS hurricane constellation observatory mission", Proc. SPIE 11505, CubeSats and SmallSats for Remote Sensing IV, 1150505 (20 August 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2570304
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KEYWORDS
Observatories
Absorption
Temperature metrology
Clouds
Humidity
Microwave radiation
Radiometry
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