AOS-Storm Mission

Identifieraos-stormNamesAtmosphere Observing System - StormAOS-StormAliasesaos-inclined About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

2-year nominal mission life, 3-year goal. Study of aerosol and thin ice cloud profiles, diurnal variability, ice water path and, in tandem with AOS-PMM.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Atmosphere Observing System - Storm
aka AOS-Inclined
Mission Status
N/A
Mission Agencies
NASA, CNES, JAXA
Launch Date
TBD
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
TBD
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
55 deg
Orbit Altitude
430 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

ALICAT - Atmospheric Lidar for Clouds and Aerosol Transport  aos-storm_alicat
C²OMODO-R - C²OMODO (Convective Core Observations through MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics) Microwave Radiometer aos-storm_saphir-ng

Mission Measurements

OpenSearch Datasets

No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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