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Recent Advances in Satellite Data Rescue
- Source :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 98:1471-1484
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- American Meteorological Society, 2017.
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Abstract
- To better understand the impacts of climate change, environmental monitoring capabilities must be enhanced by deploying additional and more accurate satellite- and ground-based (including in situ) sensors. In addition, reanalysis of observations collected decades ago but long forgotten can unlock precious information about the recent past. Historical, in situ observations mainly cover densely inhabited areas and frequently traveled routes. In contrast, large selections of early meteorological satellite data, waiting to be exploited today, provide information about remote areas unavailable from any other source. When initially collected, these satellite data posed great challenges to transmission and archiving facilities. As a result, data access was limited to the main teams of scientific investigators associated with the instruments. As archive media have aged, so have the mission scientists and other pioneers of satellite meteorology, who sometimes retired in possession of unique and unpublished information. This paper presents examples of recently recovered satellite data records, including satellite imagery, early infrared hyperspectral soundings, and early microwave humidity soundings. Their value for climate applications today can be realized using methods and techniques that were not yet available when the data were first collected, including efficient and accurate observation simulators and data assimilation into reanalyses. Modern technical infrastructure allows serving entire mission datasets online, enabling easy access and exploration by a broad range of users, including new and old generations of climate scientists.
- Subjects :
- Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
business.industry
0208 environmental biotechnology
Environmental resource management
Climate change
02 engineering and technology
01 natural sciences
020801 environmental engineering
Geography
Data access
Satellite data
Environmental monitoring
Satellite
Weather satellite
business
Meteorological satellite
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Remote sensing
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- ISSN :
- 15200477 and 00030007
- Volume :
- 98
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........4abac77268ae2894d1014aaf6a134f95