Science of the Aqua Mission

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Science of the Aqua Mission By Michael
Banta ESS 5th class Ms. Jakubowyc December 7,
2006
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Who made the Aqua Mission?

• Goddard Space Flight Center
• NASA
• Kennedy Space Center
• NASA Johnson Space Center
• National Space Development Agency Japan

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How big is Aqua Mission?

• The Aqua spacecraft was about weighing 10,506
  pounds (4,645 kg).
• The size was about 59.4 by 63.1 kilometers.

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Picture of Aqua Mission
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Aqua's mission goals

• Aqua will focus on collecting data for the
  temperature and water, global precipitation and
  sea ice, sea surface temperature and ocean
  productivity.

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Instrument Background
CERES

• The first CERES was launched on the Tropical
  Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) in November
  1997. The second and third CERES are on Terra.
  The next two are on Aqua.
• The first MODIS is on Terra the second is on
  Aqua. The Aqua MODIS incorporates several
  improvements.
• The first AIRS is on Aqua. Its companion
  instruments, the AMSU and HSB, are similar to
  instruments on NOAA satellites.
• The first AMSR-E is on Aqua. It follows on the
  heritage of earlier passive-microwave instruments.

MODIS
AIRS
AMSR-E
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Basics of Aqua Mission

• The Aqua spacecraft will carry six distinct
  instruments to measure numerous aspects of the
  Earths atmosphere, oceans and biosphere.
• Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)
• Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)
• Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB)
• Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS
  (AMSR-E)
• Clouds and the Earths Radiant Energy System
  (CERES two)
• Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
  (MODIS)
• Aqua is part of the international Earth Observing
  System (EOS) program, centered at NASA.

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Aqua Orbit

• Aqua is positioned in a near-polar orbit around
  the Earth at an altitude of 705 km in.

http//aqua.nasa.gov/doc/viz/media/aqua_orbit.mpg
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Measurement Ranges

• ______________________________________
• visible infrared
  microwave
• ___________________ _________________
• -- MODIS --
• ---- AIRS ----
• ---------- CERES ------
• -
  HSB
• 
  --- AMSR-E ---
• 
  ---- --- AMSU
• 
  A1 A2

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Key MODIS Data Products

• Oceans
• Sea surface temperature
• sea ice cover
• sea ice
• Clouds
• water
• temperature
• water vapor profiles.

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The Aqua Mission use special scan all around the
Global water.
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Why did I pick Mission?

• Because its very interesting of mission.
  Important
• to understanding of the global water cycle and
  the
• Earths climate system. We must know measuring
• of water. we care about water because we
• dont want waste our water and of course
• we need to drink of water. Keep Clean and Fresh!
• I cannot live without WATER!

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SENSOR DATA

• - AIRS DATA
• -The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer
• Earth Observing System (AMSR-E)

The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
(CERES)
- Ocean Color Data
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Reference

• http//www.aqua.nasa.gov/science/images_data.php
• http//aqua.nasa.gov/doc/presentations/TRWDec2001.
  ppt297,30,The EOS Afternoon Satellite
  Constellation
• http//aqua.nasa.gov/doc/presentations/TRWDec2001.
  ppt260,3,The Aqua Science Instruments p.1, the
  Sounding Suite
• http//aqua.nasa.gov/doc/presentations/TRWDec2001.
  ppt280,2,Basics
• http//aqua.nasa.gov/doc/presentations/TRWDec2001.
  ppt290,5,Instrument Background