Data Processing Work?ow for the Greenhouse Gases Monitoring CubeSat Mission - MeznSat

Hamzeh Issa, Prashanth Marpu, Abdul Halim Jallad, Abdulla Al Marar

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Abstract

This paper describes the data processing workflow and the retrieval process for data acquired using MeznSat, a 3U CubeSat for greenhouse gases monitoring. MeznSat has 2 main payloads: an Argus 2000 spectrometer operating in Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) range of 1000 - 1650 nm as a primary payload, and a RGB camera as secondary payload. The processing workflow for this mission is responsible for acquiring tangible information, regarding the atmospheric concentrations of green house gases above the UAE, by processing the data from the Argus 2000 spectrometer. With the aim of monitoring the specific cases of Carbon Dioxide and Methane, this paper explains how the spectral radiation measurements taken from the spectrometer are used to produce an estimate of the gas mix ratios along with other atmospheric parameters. The retrieval method uses a lookup table produced by a radiative transfer forward model that generates synthetic instrumental counts. These counts are used in a comparison model with the observations to produce a match for the atmospheric and surface state.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, M2GARSS 2020 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages192-195
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781728121901
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event2020 Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, M2GARSS 2020 - Tunis, Tunisia
Duration: Mar 9 2020Mar 11 2020

Publication series

Name2020 Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, M2GARSS 2020 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference2020 Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, M2GARSS 2020
Country/TerritoryTunisia
CityTunis
Period3/9/203/11/20

Keywords

  • atmosphere
  • cubesat
  • green house gas
  • MeznSat
  • radiance
  • radiative transfer
  • satellite
  • spectrometer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Instrumentation
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Computers in Earth Sciences
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change

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