TEMPO Instrument Update in GCMD
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:23 am America/New_York
Please edit the current description for the TEMPO Instrument.
Instruments > Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Spectrometers/Radiometers > Spectrometers > TEMPO
The TEMPO instrument is a grating spectrometer sensitive to ultraviolet and visible wavelengths of light and is attached to the Earth-facing side of the commercial telecommunications satellite Intelsat 40e (IS-40e) in geostationary orbit. This vantage point allows TEMPO to maintain a constant view of North America so that the instrument's light-collecting mirror can make a complete East-to-West scan of the field of regard each and every hour during daytime. By measuring sunlight reflected and scattered from the Earth's surface and atmosphere back to the instrument's detectors, TEMPO's light sensors provide spectra that are used to derive measurements of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, aerosols, and other constituents involved in atmospheric chemistry and air quality.
Instruments > Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Spectrometers/Radiometers > Spectrometers > TEMPO
The TEMPO instrument is a grating spectrometer sensitive to ultraviolet and visible wavelengths of light and is attached to the Earth-facing side of the commercial telecommunications satellite Intelsat 40e (IS-40e) in geostationary orbit. This vantage point allows TEMPO to maintain a constant view of North America so that the instrument's light-collecting mirror can make a complete East-to-West scan of the field of regard each and every hour during daytime. By measuring sunlight reflected and scattered from the Earth's surface and atmosphere back to the instrument's detectors, TEMPO's light sensors provide spectra that are used to derive measurements of ozone, nitrogen dioxide, formaldehyde, aerosols, and other constituents involved in atmospheric chemistry and air quality.