The EarthCARE mission – science and system overview

The Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) is a satellite mission implemented by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to measure global profiles of aerosols, clouds and precipitation properties together with radiative fl...

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Published in:Atmospheric measurement techniques 2023-08, Vol.16 (15), p.3581-3608
Main Authors: Wehr, Tobias, Kubota, Takuji, Tzeremes, Georgios, Wallace, Kotska, Nakatsuka, Hirotaka, Ohno, Yuichi, Koopman, Rob, Rusli, Stephanie, Kikuchi, Maki, Eisinger, Michael, Tanaka, Toshiyuki, Taga, Masatoshi, Deghaye, Patrick, Tomita, Eichi, Bernaerts, Dirk
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosols
Algorithms
Analysis
Astronomical instruments
Atmosphere
Atmospheric models
Broadband
Climate models
Clouds
Doppler sonar
General circulation models
Global aerosols
Horizontal distribution
Instruments
Japanese space program
Lidar
Low altitude
Measuring instruments
Optical radar
Ozone
Precipitation
Radar
Radiation
Radiation-cloud interactions
Radiometers
Remote sensing
Satellites
Segments
Short wave radiation
Simulators
Space missions
Vertical distribution
Vertical profiles
Weather
Weather forecasting
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Summary:The Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) is a satellite mission implemented by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to measure global profiles of aerosols, clouds and precipitation properties together with radiative fluxes and derived heating rates. The simultaneous measurements of the vertical structure and horizontal distribution of cloud and aerosol fields, together with outgoing radiation, will be used in particular to evaluate their representation in weather forecasting and climate models and to improve our understanding of cloud and aerosol radiative impact and feedback mechanisms. To achieve the objective, the goal is that a retrieved scene with footprint size of 10 km x 10 km is measured with sufficiently high resolution that the atmospheric vertical profile of short-wave (solar) and long-wave (thermal) flux can be reconstructed with an accuracy of 10 W m.sup.-2 at the top of the atmosphere.
ISSN:1867-8548
1867-1381
1867-8548
DOI:10.5194/amt-16-3581-2023