The Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (Forum) Mission. ESA's 9th Earth Explorer

This paper presents an overview of the Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission, selected in September 2019 as the ninth Earth Explorer mission of the European Space Agency. The main mission elements are presented, including a description of the payload and platfo...

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Main Authors: Dominguez, Bernardo Carnicero, Pachot, Charlotte, Oetjen, Hilke, Mariani, Flavio, Riel, Stefanie, Tromba, Andrea, Lajas, Dulce, Schuettemeyer, Dirk, Sierk, Bernd, Leveque, Nicolas, Kolm, Manfred-Georg, Korswagen, Hans, Posselt, Winfried
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerospace electronics
climate change
Earth
Earth Explorers
Earth radiation budget
ESA
Far-Infrared
Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Optical interferometry
Payloads
Radiometry
Satellite broadcasting
Space vehicles
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Summary:This paper presents an overview of the Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission, selected in September 2019 as the ninth Earth Explorer mission of the European Space Agency. The main mission elements are presented, including a description of the payload and platform concepts as defined during the Phase-A preparatory activities, conducted from April 2018 to July 2019.
ISSN:2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9323185