The New Generation High Resolution All-Sky Atmospheric Sounder Saphir-NG

The C2Omodo Concept: A Tandem of New Generation High Resolution All-Sky Atmospheric Sounders in the Frame of the AOS Mission

“…The Quasi-optical network (QON) enables co-location and co-registration of the measurements at the different frequencies. Its aims and functions for SAPHIR NG are described in [2]. The QON design must follow accommodation constraints to feed the 3 different receivers and to fit in a reduced allocated instrumental volume.…”

“…The C²OMODO (Convective Core Observations through MicrOwave Derivatives in the trOpics) concept would make it possible to measure deep convection's life cycle, the energy processes and transfers, and to better explain the water cycle by exploiting the temporal evolution of the brightness temperatures at frequencies sensitive to the cloudy ice particles. Two microwave radiometers, the new generation multi-spectral, high-resolution, all-sky atmospheric sounders, SAPHIR NG [2], form the C²OMODO tandem. These instruments inherit from the SAPHIR instrument [2] on-board the French-Indian Megha-Tropiques mission [3] and benefit from technological improvements since the design of SAPHIR, which data is successfully used more than ten years after its launch [4][5] [6][7] [10].…”

“…Two microwave radiometers, the new generation multi-spectral, high-resolution, all-sky atmospheric sounders, SAPHIR NG [2], form the C²OMODO tandem. These instruments inherit from the SAPHIR instrument [2] on-board the French-Indian Megha-Tropiques mission [3] and benefit from technological improvements since the design of SAPHIR, which data is successfully used more than ten years after its launch [4][5] [6][7] [10]. The C²OMODO concept is currently part of the NASA AOS (Atmosphere Observing System) mission, which addresses the following objectives: low and high clouds, convective storms, cold clouds and precipitation, air quality and aerosol attribution, aerosol redistribution and processing, and aerosols direct and indirect effects.…”