The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North
AIM-North is a proposed satellite mission that would provide observations of unprecedented frequency and density for monitoring northern greenhouse gases (GHGs), air quality (AQ) and vegetation. AIM-North would consist of two satellites in a highly elliptical orbit formation, observing over land fro...
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| author | Ray Nassar Chris McLinden Christopher E. Sioris C. T. McElroy Joseph Mendonca Johanna Tamminen Cameron G. MacDonald Cristen Adams Céline Boisvenue Adam Bourassa Ryan Cooney Doug Degenstein Guillaume Drolet Louis Garand Ralph Girard Markey Johnson Dylan B.A. Jones Felicia Kolonjari Bruce Kuwahara Randall V. Martin Charles E. Miller Norman O’Neill Aku Riihelä Sébastien Roche Stanley P. Sander William R. Simpson Gurpreet Singh Kimberly Strong Alexander P. Trishchenko Helena van Mierlo Zahra Vaziri Zanjani Kaley A. Walker Debra Wunch |
| author_facet | Ray Nassar Chris McLinden Christopher E. Sioris C. T. McElroy Joseph Mendonca Johanna Tamminen Cameron G. MacDonald Cristen Adams Céline Boisvenue Adam Bourassa Ryan Cooney Doug Degenstein Guillaume Drolet Louis Garand Ralph Girard Markey Johnson Dylan B.A. Jones Felicia Kolonjari Bruce Kuwahara Randall V. Martin Charles E. Miller Norman O’Neill Aku Riihelä Sébastien Roche Stanley P. Sander William R. Simpson Gurpreet Singh Kimberly Strong Alexander P. Trishchenko Helena van Mierlo Zahra Vaziri Zanjani Kaley A. Walker Debra Wunch |
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| description | AIM-North is a proposed satellite mission that would provide observations of unprecedented frequency and density for monitoring northern greenhouse gases (GHGs), air quality (AQ) and vegetation. AIM-North would consist of two satellites in a highly elliptical orbit formation, observing over land from ∼40°N to 80°N multiple times per day. Each satellite would carry a near-infrared to shortwave infrared imaging spectrometer for CO2, CH4, and CO, and an ultraviolet-visible imaging spectrometer for air quality. Both instruments would measure solar-induced fluorescence from vegetation. A cloud imager would make near-real-time observations, which could inform the pointing of the other instruments to focus only on the clearest regions. Multiple geostationary (GEO) AQ and GHG satellites are planned for the 2020s, but they will lack coverage of northern regions like the Arctic. AIM-North would address this gap with quasi-geostationary observations of the North and overlap with GEO coverage to facilitate intercomparison and fusion of these datasets. The resulting data would improve our ability to forecast northern air quality and quantify fluxes of GHG and AQ species from forests, permafrost, biomass burning and anthropogenic activity, furthering our scientific understanding of these processes and supporting environmental policy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bea1eaa11e724d9f81977ffae07d9fbc2023-10-12T13:36:22ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCanadian Journal of Remote Sensing1712-79712019-07-01453-442344210.1080/07038992.2019.16437071643707The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-NorthRay Nassar0Chris McLinden1Christopher E. Sioris2C. T. McElroy3Joseph Mendonca4Johanna Tamminen5Cameron G. MacDonald6Cristen Adams7Céline Boisvenue8Adam Bourassa9Ryan Cooney10Doug Degenstein11Guillaume Drolet12Louis Garand13Ralph Girard14Markey Johnson15Dylan B.A. Jones16Felicia Kolonjari17Bruce Kuwahara18Randall V. Martin19Charles E. Miller20Norman O’Neill21Aku Riihelä22Sébastien Roche23Stanley P. Sander24William R. Simpson25Gurpreet Singh26Kimberly Strong27Alexander P. Trishchenko28Helena van Mierlo29Zahra Vaziri Zanjani30Kaley A. Walker31Debra Wunch32Environment and Climate Change CanadaEnvironment and Climate Change CanadaEnvironment and Climate Change CanadaYork UniversityEnvironment and Climate Change CanadaFinnish Meteorological InstituteUniversity of WaterlooGovernment of AlbertaNatural Resources CanadaUniversity of SaskatchewanCanadian Space AgencyUniversity of SaskatchewanMinistère des Forêts, de la Faune et des ParcsMeteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change CanadaCanadian Space AgencyHealth CanadaUniversity of TorontoEnvironment and Climate Change CanadaUniversity of WaterlooDalhousie UniversityCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUniversité de SherbrookeFinnish Meteorological InstituteUniversity of TorontoCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUniversity of Alaska FairbanksYork UniversityUniversity of TorontoNatural Resources CanadaCanadian Space AgencyYork UniversityUniversity of TorontoUniversity of TorontoAIM-North is a proposed satellite mission that would provide observations of unprecedented frequency and density for monitoring northern greenhouse gases (GHGs), air quality (AQ) and vegetation. AIM-North would consist of two satellites in a highly elliptical orbit formation, observing over land from ∼40°N to 80°N multiple times per day. Each satellite would carry a near-infrared to shortwave infrared imaging spectrometer for CO2, CH4, and CO, and an ultraviolet-visible imaging spectrometer for air quality. Both instruments would measure solar-induced fluorescence from vegetation. A cloud imager would make near-real-time observations, which could inform the pointing of the other instruments to focus only on the clearest regions. Multiple geostationary (GEO) AQ and GHG satellites are planned for the 2020s, but they will lack coverage of northern regions like the Arctic. AIM-North would address this gap with quasi-geostationary observations of the North and overlap with GEO coverage to facilitate intercomparison and fusion of these datasets. The resulting data would improve our ability to forecast northern air quality and quantify fluxes of GHG and AQ species from forests, permafrost, biomass burning and anthropogenic activity, furthering our scientific understanding of these processes and supporting environmental policy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2019.1643707 |
| spellingShingle | Ray Nassar Chris McLinden Christopher E. Sioris C. T. McElroy Joseph Mendonca Johanna Tamminen Cameron G. MacDonald Cristen Adams Céline Boisvenue Adam Bourassa Ryan Cooney Doug Degenstein Guillaume Drolet Louis Garand Ralph Girard Markey Johnson Dylan B.A. Jones Felicia Kolonjari Bruce Kuwahara Randall V. Martin Charles E. Miller Norman O’Neill Aku Riihelä Sébastien Roche Stanley P. Sander William R. Simpson Gurpreet Singh Kimberly Strong Alexander P. Trishchenko Helena van Mierlo Zahra Vaziri Zanjani Kaley A. Walker Debra Wunch The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing |
| title | The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North |
| title_full | The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North |
| title_fullStr | The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North |
| title_short | The Atmospheric Imaging Mission for Northern Regions: AIM-North |
| title_sort | atmospheric imaging mission for northern regions aim north |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2019.1643707 |
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