GOES advanced sounder design study
Date
1996-08-07Author
Bicknell, William
Kerekes, John
Ryan-Howard, Danette
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Interim results of a current study on upgrading the geosynchronous operational environmental Satellite (GOES) infrared (IR)
sounder are presented. Considered are a 15 cm diameter telescope to reduce instrument size and weight, use of a Fourier Transform
Infrared (FTIR) interferometer for high spectral wavelength resolution, a small detector focal plane array (FPA) operating at 65K, and
combining the instrument with a microwave sounder. Retrieval performance improvement from the FTIR sounder is estimated.