STRIVE: A next-generation satellite mission to observe our changing atmosphere
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The STRIVE mission pairs, for the first time, an infrared imaging spectrometer and a near-infrared multi-directional radiometer in one polar-orbiting platform. ALICE (Advanced Limb Infrared Chemistry Experiment) is a limb-scanning Dyson spectrometer observing infrared radiation emitted from the Earth's limb to retrieve profiles of atmospheric composition and temperature during day and night. ARGOS (Aerosol Radiometer for Global Observations of the Stratosphere) is a dual-wavelength limb profiling radiometer measuring backscattered solar radiation to retrieve aerosol properties during the day.
ALICE
(Advanced Limb Infrared Chemistry Experiment)
ALICE
(Advanced Limb Infrared Chemistry Experiment)
Observes infrared radiation (4.5-14.1 μm) emitted from Earth’s limb to retrieve profiles of temperature and atmospheric constituents (O3, H2O, CH4, N2O, CFC-11, CFC-12, CO, HCN, NO2, HNO3, ClONO2, N2O5; Cloud/Aerosol height, type, extinction)
Dyson imaging spectrometer measuring emitted IR radiation (4.5-14.1 μm) during day & night
256 km swath with 32 profiles cross-track
410K profiles per day at 1 km vertical resolution; 40 km spacing along track
ARGOS
(Aerosol Radiometer for Global Observations of the Stratosphere)
ARGOS
(Aerosol Radiometer for Global Observations of the Stratosphere)
Measures backscattered solar radiation to retrieve aerosol properties
Simultaneous dual-spectral (870 nm and 1550 nm) and multi-direction (8 angles) radiometer measures vertical limb profile using scattered solar light
~100K profiles per day at 1 km vertical resolution; 20 km spacing along track
Technology demonstration flight in March 2025
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