Introduction This report describes the 2013/14 assessment of multi-spectral, false color composites produced by the NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center, similar to other products developed previously by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). Products herein are generated from t...

Sunshine duration is an important variable that is widely used in atmospheric energy balance studies, analysis of the thermal loadings on buildings, climate research, and the evaluation of agricultural resources. In most cases, it is calculated using an interpolation method based on regional-scale meteorological data from field stations. Accurate values in the field are difficult to obtain with...

We present a numerical testbed for remote sensing of aerosols, together with a demonstration for evaluating retrieval synergy from a geostationary satellite constellation. The testbed combines inverse (optimal-estimation) software with a forward model containing linearized code for computing particle scattering (for both spherical and non-spherical particles), a kernel-based (land and ocean) su...

The Japanese geostationary meteorological satellite GMS-5, or also known as ”Himawari,” is positioned at 140◦E above the equator, and serves as a powerful tool for monitoring typhoons on the Pacific Ocean. This satellite is best suited for the monitoring of typhoons because of frequent observation, wide coverage, and fixed scan range. However, the degradation of effective resolution due to eart...

Using high precision irradiance data from the Southern Great Plains ARM extended facility network [1], we confirm results of initial efforts by the authors to quantify the effective -intrinsic -accuracy of hourly global irradiances derived from geostationary satellite observations. We extend this initial analysis to other components –direct and diffuse – as well as other time steps – 1-minute a...

Continuous rainfall measurements from groundbased radars are crucial for monitoring and forecasting heavy rainfall-related events such as floods and landslides. However, complete coverage by ground-based radars is often hampered by terrain blockage and beam-related errors. In this study, we presented a method to fill the radar gap using surrounding radar-estimated precipitation and observations...

Position determination is one of the key-elements of Location Based Services (LBS). One popular approach to positioning for LBS is using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). With such a system, three-dimensional positioning is available anywhere on, and above the Earth, in principle without any local or regional infrastructure. On the other hand, as satellite based radio positioning rel...

This paper illustrates a Cultural Heritage Space Identification System, named CUSPIS, and his three main applications: the Cultural Asset Management (CAM), the Cultural Asset Fruition (CAF) and the Cultural Asset Geo-Time Authentication (GTA). CUSPIS project aims to introduce in Cultural Heritage sector the positioning and navigation satellite technology provided by EGNOS and GALILEO system, cr...

Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager (GOCI) is the first Ocean Colour Imager to operate from a Geostationary Orbit. It was developed by Astrium SAS under KARI contract in about 3 years between mid 2005 and October 2008 and integrated on-board COMS satellite end 2008 aside the COMS Meteo Imager (MI). COMS satellite was launched in June 2010 and the in-orbit commissioning tests were completed in beg...

To meet an ever-growing demand for wideband multimedia services and electronic connectivity across the world, development of ubiquitous broadband multimedia systems is gaining a tremendous interest at both commercial and academic levels. Satellite networks will play an indispensable role in the deployment of such systems. A significant number of satellite communication constellations have been ...