EOS Aqua AMSR-E Arctic Sea-Ice Validation Program: Arctic2006 Aircraft Campaign Flight Report

By: Administration (Nasa), National Aeronaut

In March 2006, a coordinated Arctic sea-ice validation field campaign using the NASA Wallops P-3B aircraft was successfully completed. This campaign was the second Alaskan Arctic field campaign for validating the Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) sea-ice products. The first campaign was completed in March 2003. The AMSR-E, designed and built by the Japanese Space Agency for NASA, was launched May 4, 2002 on the EOS Aqua spacecraft. The AMSR-E sea-ice products to be validated include sea-ice concentration, sea-ice temperature, and snow depth on sea ice. The focus of this campaign was on the validation of snow depth on sea ice and sea-ice temperature. This flight report describes the suite of instruments flown on the P-3, the objectives of each of the six flights, the Arctic regions overflown, and the coordination among satellite, aircraft, and surface-based measurements. Cavalieri, D. J. and Markus, T. Goddard Space Flight Center NASA/TM-2006-214142, Rept-2006-02057-0 ARCTIC REGIONS; SEA ICE; AQUA SPACECRAFT; EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS); SATELLITE OBSERVATION; COORDINATION; WALLOPS ISLAND; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08F6Y3QZJ
• ISBN13: 9798672758473
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"