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First Light from the Other Instruments: CERES, MODIS, and AMSR-E Claire L. Parkinson

First Light from the Other Instruments: CERES, MODIS, and AMSR-E Claire L. Parkinson Aqua Project Scientist AIRS Science Team Meeting World Weather Building, Camp Springs, MD September 18, 2002. Timeline of On-Orbit Highlights. May 12 -- First AMSU science data.

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First Light from the Other Instruments: CERES, MODIS, and AMSR-E Claire L. Parkinson

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  1. First Light from the Other Instruments: CERES, MODIS, and AMSR-E Claire L. Parkinson Aqua Project Scientist AIRS Science Team Meeting World Weather Building, Camp Springs, MD September 18, 2002

  2. Timeline of On-Orbit Highlights • May 12 -- First AMSU science data. • May 14 -- First HSB science data. • May 15-23 -- Spin-up of the AMSR-E rotation rate from 4 revolutions per minute (rpm) to 40 rpm. • May 24 -- First AMSR-E science data. • May 26 -- First AIRS visible/near-infrared science data. • June 1 -- Adjustment to the AMSR-E Automatic Gain Control. • June 12 -- First AIRS infrared science data. • June 17 -- Final ascent burn to 705 km operational altitude. • June 18 -- First CERES science data. • June 24 -- First MODIS science data. • July 12 -- Direct broadcast turned on. • September 1 -- Conclusion of the 120-day checkout period; transfer from Aqua Project to Mission Operations (ESMO).

  3. Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES; two copies) Schematic view Actual CERES instruments, undergoing inspection

  4. The Earth’s Radiation Budget (adapted from Kiehl and Trenberth, 1997, by the CERES Science Team)

  5. CERES First Light ImageReflected Shortwave Flux, June 22, 2002 Low High (image courtesy of the CERES Science Team)

  6. CERES First Light ImageEmitted Longwave Flux, June 22, 2002 Low High (image courtesy of the CERES Science Team)

  7. CERES Images of Shortwave and Longwave Radiation, June 22, 2002 Low High Low High Shortwave Longwave (images courtesy of the CERES Science Team)

  8. CERES Goals • Obtain accurate measurements of fluxes of outgoing radiation at the top of the atmosphere. • Shortwave radiation • Total radiation • Longwave radiation • Radiation in the 8-12 m atmospheric window. • Derive improved values for the Earth’s radiation budget. • Analyze clouds and their effects on climate, using CERES and MODIS data. • Analyze the diurnal cycle of radiation fluxes, using the CERES data from Terra and Aqua. • Obtain and analyze long-term climate records using data from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) and the CERES on TRMM, Terra, and Aqua.

  9. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) MODIS on Aqua, with the cover removed

  10. MODIS First Light Image ofFires in Australia, June 24, 2002 Terra image Aqua first light image (images courtesy of the MODIS Science Team)

  11. Northern Africa from MODIS Northwest Africa and vicinity, 7/24/2002 The Nile River and vicinity, 7/23/2002 (images courtesy of the MODIS Science Team)

  12. Western U.S. and Northeast Pacific from MODIS Northeast Pacific, 9/4/2002 (images courtesy of the MODIS Science Team) Western U.S., 6/25/2002

  13. Water Vapor over Spain and North Africa from the Aqua MODIS, July 17, 2002 Color composite from MODIS visible channels Water Vapor (images courtesy of Bo-Cai Gao and Yoram Kaufman, MODIS Science Team)

  14. Sample Ocean Variables from the Aqua MODIS, Indian Ocean, June 24, 2002 Chlorophyll a Suspended solids (images courtesy of the MODIS Ocean Group, GSFC, RSMAS) Daytime sea surface temperature (SST)

  15. MODIS Combined Terra/Aqua Chlorophyll Productfor theIndian Ocean, June 25, 2002 (image courtesy of the MODIS Ocean Group, GSFC, RSMAS)

  16. Arctic Sea Ice and the Greenland Ice Sheet, July 13, 2002, from the Aqua MODIS (image courtesy of the MODIS Science Team)

  17. Aqua MODIS Goals • Examine a large variety of biological and physical processes, through generation and analysis of most of the same products as from the Terra MODIS. • Add a new Surface Evaporation Index. • Generate improved SSTs, benefiting from a gain change made to the Aqua MODIS bands 31 and 32 in October 2000. • Examine the diurnal cycle of many variables, using the Terra and Aqua MODIS data.

  18. Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E)

  19. Global Sea Surface Temperatures from AMSR-E, June 2-4, 2002 (image courtesy of NASDA)

  20. AMSR-E Three-Channel Composite Image for June 2-4, 2002 Channels used: 89 GHz V + H, 23.8 GHz H. (image courtesy of NASDA)

  21. Typhoon in the East China Sea July 4, 2002, from AMSR-E Japan China AMSR-E image, 2:26 a.m. Japan Standard Time (JST). Taiwan Philippines (image courtesy of NASDA)

  22. Precipitation over the Eastern U.S. and Vicinity, from AMSR-E and the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI), June 5, 2002 TMI Total Rainfall AMSR-E Total Rainfall (images courtesy of Chris Kummerow and Bob Adler)

  23. Southern Hemisphere Snow Cover from AMSR-E, June 1-5, 2002 (images courtesy of Al Chang, AMSR-E Science Team)

  24. The North Polar Region, June 2, 2002, from AMSR-E (image courtesy of the AMSR-E Science Team)

  25. Global Sea Ice Coverage June 2-4, 2002 (top) and July 21-22, 2002 (bottom) from AMSR-E (images courtesy of NASDA)

  26. AMSR-E Goals • Extend the records of many variables from previous passive-microwave instruments, with improved spatial resolution, and analyze the results. • Add records of soil moisture and surface temperatures. Sample record to be extended: a 20+-year satellite record of Arctic sea ice coverage (extended from Parkinson et al., 1999)

  27. Summary • Like AIRS, AMSU, and HSB, the other three Earth-observing instruments on Aqua (CERES, MODIS, and AMSR-E) are also sending down high quality data. • Like the AIRS Team, the CERES, MODIS, and AMSR-E Teams have also generated first light images from their instruments. • A series of press releases and image advisories based on Aqua data has begun. • AMSR-E press release, June 24. • CERES image advisory, July 31. • AIRS/AMSU/HSB press release, August 6. • MODIS press release, August 15. • AMSR-E image advisory, August 28.

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