CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- HARP
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Full Name
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(Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter)
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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11 Feb 2019
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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02 Apr 2022
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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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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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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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The HARP mission is designed to measure the microphysical properties of cloud water and ice particles in the atmosphere. HARP is a precursor for the new generation of imaging polarimeters to be used for the detailed measurements of aerosol and cloud properties. The HARP payload is a wide FOV (Field of View) imager that splits three spatially identical images into three independent polarizers and detector arrays. This technique achieves simultaneous imagery of three polarization states and is the key innovation to achieve high polarimetric accuracy with no moving parts.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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