An Earth Venture In-Space Technology Demonstration Mission for Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (Tempest)

• Published in: IGARSS 2018 - 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium pp. 6301 - 6303
• Main Authors: Reising, Steven C., Gaier, Todd C., Padmanabhan, Sharmila, Lim, Boon H., Heneghan, Cate, Kummerow, Christian D., Berg, Wesley, Chandrasekar, V., Radhakrishnan, C., Brown, Shannon T., Carvo, John, Pallas, Matthew
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2018
• Subjects: and CubeSats; clouds; direct detection receiver; Microwave measurement; Microwave radiometry; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; millimeter-wave; NASA; precipitation; Radiometers; small satellites; temporal measurements

The Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) mission concept consists of a constellation of five identical 6U-Class nanosatellites observing at five millimeter-wave frequencies with five-minute temporal sampling to observe the time evolution of clouds and their transition to pre...