The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Ames Research Center (ARC) are partnering in the CubeSat Hydrometric Atmospheric Radiometer Mission (CHARM), a water vapor radiometer integrated on a 3U CubeSat platform, selected for implementation under NASA Hands-On Project Experience (HOPE-3). CHARM will measure 4 channels at 183 GHz water vapor line, subsets of measurements currently performed by larger and more costly spacecraft (e.g. ATMS, AMSU-B and SSMI/S). While flying a payload that supports SMD science objectives, CHARM provides a hands-on opportunity to develop technical, leadership, and project skills. CHARM will furthermore advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of the 183 GHz receiver subsystem from TRL 4 to TRL 6 and the CubeSat 183 GHz radiometer system from TRL 4 to TRL 7.


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    Title :

    CHARM: A CubeSat Water Vapor Radiometer for Earth Science


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    IEEE GeoScience and Remote Sensing Society (IGARSS 2012) ; 2012 ; Munich, Germany


    Publication date :

    2012-07-21


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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