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NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed(NAST)

OBJECTIVES

• SIMULATE CANDIDATE INSTRUMENTS
  • (CrIS, ATMS, IASI)

• EVALUATE KEY EDR ALGORITHMS

• PREVIEW HIGH RESOLUTION PRODUCTS
  • SPECTRAL AND SPATIAL

• UNDER FLIGHT VALIDATION

INSTRUMENTS

• NAST-I, NAST-M

• NAST-I: IR INTERFEROMETER SOUNDER

• NAST-M: MICROWAVE SOUNDER*

NASA ER-2

NADIR 2.6 km IFOV

20 km ALTITUDE

± 23 km GROUND COVERAGE

*Hurricane Bonnie Cross-Section

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