Sentinel-5 is the Low-Earth-Orbit component in the series of atmospheric missions of the European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus run by EU, ESA and EEA (European Environment Agency). First priority objectives of the mission are operational monitoring of atmospheric composition changes and provision of observation data for Copernicus Atmosphere Services covering air quality near real-time applications, air quality protocol and climate protocol monitoring, stratospheric ozone and surface UV applications. The Sentinel-5 payload consists of a UV-visible-near IR-shortwave IR (UVNS) pushbroom imaging dispersive spectrometer on board the sun-synchronous polar-orbiting MetOp Second Generation satellite operated by EUMETSAT (also known as post-EPS), along with data from the Infrared Sounder (IRS), the Visible Infrared Imager (VII) and the Multi-viewing Multi-channel Multi-polarization Imager (3MI). The main data products expected from Sentinel-5 include ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, formaldehyde, and aerosol properties. Observations will be performed with daily global coverage, at the high spatial resolution of 7 km x 7 km at nadir. High temporal and spatial resolution measurements of tropospheric composition and high spatial/high precision monitoring of climate gases and aerosol with sensitivity to the boundary layer will provide key capabilities for air quality applications and climate assessments, respectively. The mission is currently due for launch in 2021 for a nominal lifetime of 7.5 years followed by an identical payload onboard the second and third satellite of the MetOp-SG series covering the period up to 2040.
Overview of Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission
Ugo Cortesi
2015
Abstract
Sentinel-5 is the Low-Earth-Orbit component in the series of atmospheric missions of the European Earth Observation Programme Copernicus run by EU, ESA and EEA (European Environment Agency). First priority objectives of the mission are operational monitoring of atmospheric composition changes and provision of observation data for Copernicus Atmosphere Services covering air quality near real-time applications, air quality protocol and climate protocol monitoring, stratospheric ozone and surface UV applications. The Sentinel-5 payload consists of a UV-visible-near IR-shortwave IR (UVNS) pushbroom imaging dispersive spectrometer on board the sun-synchronous polar-orbiting MetOp Second Generation satellite operated by EUMETSAT (also known as post-EPS), along with data from the Infrared Sounder (IRS), the Visible Infrared Imager (VII) and the Multi-viewing Multi-channel Multi-polarization Imager (3MI). The main data products expected from Sentinel-5 include ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, formaldehyde, and aerosol properties. Observations will be performed with daily global coverage, at the high spatial resolution of 7 km x 7 km at nadir. High temporal and spatial resolution measurements of tropospheric composition and high spatial/high precision monitoring of climate gases and aerosol with sensitivity to the boundary layer will provide key capabilities for air quality applications and climate assessments, respectively. The mission is currently due for launch in 2021 for a nominal lifetime of 7.5 years followed by an identical payload onboard the second and third satellite of the MetOp-SG series covering the period up to 2040.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
