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APPLIED OPTICS
Volume 48, Issue 35, Pages 6716-6733Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.006716
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- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Ministry of the Environment
- NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems, Ltd
- ABB BOMEM, Inc.
- Hamamatsu Photonics K. K., Fujinon Corp
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The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) monitors carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) globally from space using two instruments. The Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observation Fourier-Transform Spectrometer (TANSO-FTS) detects gas absorption spectra of the solar short wave infrared (SWIR) reflected on the Earth's surface as well as of the thermal infrared radiated from the ground and the atmosphere. TANSO-FTS is capable of detecting three narrow bands (0.76, 1.6, and 2.0 mu m) and a wide band (5.5-14.3 mu m) with 0.2 cm(-1) spectral resolution (interval). The TANSO Cloud and Aerosol Imager (TANSO-CAI) is an ultraviolet (UV), visible, near infrared, and SWIR radiometer designed to detect cloud and aerosol interference and to provide the data for their correction. GOSAT is placed in a sun-synchronous orbit 666 km at 13:00 local time, with an inclination angle of 98 degrees. A brief overview of the GOSAT project, scientific requirements, instrument designs, hardware performance, on-orbit operation, and data processing is provided. (C) 2009 Optical Society of America
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