Aqua: An Earth-observing satellite mission to examine water and other climate variables (2003)

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Author	Parkinson, Claire L.
Abstract	The Aqua satellite carries six distinct earth-observing instruments to measure numerous aspects of earth’s atmosphere, land, oceans, biosphere, and cryosphere, with a concentration on water in the earth system. Launched on May 4, 2002, the satellite is in a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 705 km, with a track that takes it north across the equator at 1:30 P.M. and south across the equator at 1:30 A.M. All of its earth-observing instruments are operating, and all have the ability to obtain global measurements within two days. The Aqua data will be archived and available to the research community through four Distributed Active Archive
File Format	PDF
Journal	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens
Language	English
Publisher Date	2003-01-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Earth-observing Satellite Mission Climate Variable Global Measurement Distributed Active Archive Aqua Data Earth-observing Instrument Research Community Sun-synchronous Orbit Numerous Aspect Distinct Earth-observing Instrument Earth System Aqua Satellite
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Resource Type	Article