CIMR - Phase A/B1 of Passive Microwave Imaging Mission (DIT.AD012.085)
Area tematica
Ingegneria, ICT e tecnologie per l'energia e i trasporti
Area progettuale
Tecnologie per l'Aerospazio e l'Osservazione della Terra (DIT.AD012)Struttura responsabile del progetto di ricerca
Istituto di elettronica e di ingegneria dell'informazione e delle telecomunicazioni (IEIIT)
Altre strutture che collaborano al progetto di ricerca
Responsabile di progetto
OSCARANTONIO PEVERINI
Telefono: 0110905419
E-mail: 0scar.peverini@ieiit.cnr.it
Abstract
The present project concerns the Phase A and B1 trade-off and design study of the Copernicus Imagining Microwave Radiometer (CIMR). The European Commission has established together with the European Space Agency and EUMETSAT the program called Copernicus for creating a European capacity for Earth Observation to better understand the environment (atmosphere, marine, land) and climate change and to mitigate these effects, to provide emergency services and to ensure civil security.
Copernicus, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security), consists of services, a ground segment and a space segment. The Copernicus Space Component (CSC) covers currently seven missions whose Earth observation satellites and hosted instruments are called "Sentinels". Please ref to the following table for details.
The CSC-candidate CIMR would complement the existing Sentinel observations and is to provide routine all-weather sea ice concentration (SIC) with daily coverage of the arctic and pan-arctic oceans and the Greenlandic and Antarctic regions, as well as routine all-weather Sea Surface Temperature (SST) with global daily coverage.
Obiettivi
The CIMR instrument is a passive conical scanning total power radiometer operating at multiple frequencies. The reuse of existing solutions and results from predecessor activities is strongly considered and will be one of the main focuses during A/B1 Phase. Lengthy or complex technology developments should be avoided; in case a pre-development is identified as necessary, its shall be concluded in a time frame compatible with the following start of the B2 Phase. The mission Prime is Thales Alenia Space Italia, whereas the instrument Prime is OHB-I.
In the framework of the current project, CNR-IEIIT is responsible for the trade-off and preliminary design activities covering the following instrument aspects: antenna-system, receivers, calibration strategy, and radiometric performance evaluation. To accomplish these tasks, IEIIT-CNR contributes to the project through an integrated research group of researchers with complementary expertise working in three territorial sites (Torino, Milano, and Bologna).
Data inizio attività
26/03/2018
Parole chiave
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Ultimo aggiornamento: 28/04/2024