CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
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INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS (INCUS)
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Status
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Approved
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , NOAA
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Launch Date
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Nov 2026
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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Jan 2029
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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94 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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28.5 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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500 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Characterize the relationship between Convective Mass Flux and atmospheric environmental properties by providing novel measurements of time-differenced profiles of radar reflectivity.
INCUS objectives are to determine: (1) the predominant environmental properties controlling convective mass flux in tropical convective storms; (2) the relationship between convective mass flux and high anvil clouds; (3) the relationship between convective mass flux and the type and intensity of the extreme weather produced; and then to evaluate these relationships between convective mass flux and environmental facors, high anvil clouds, and extreme weather within weather and climate models.
Application: improve the nowcasting of rapidly developing convective storms by expanding the inputs to nowcasting systems.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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