Near-Real-Time Toms, Telecommunications and Meteorological Support for the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment

Download or read book Near-Real-Time Toms, Telecommunications and Meteorological Support for the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment written by National Aeronautics and Space Adm Nasa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-11-17 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of the 1987 Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment was to improve the understanding of the mechanisms involved in the formation of the Antarctic ozone hole. Total ozone data taken by the Nimbus-7 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) played a central role in the successful outcome of the experiment. During the experiment, the near-real-time TOMS total ozone observations were supplied within hours of real time to the operations center in Punta Arenas, Chile. The final report summarizes the role which Research and Data Systems (RDS) Corporation played in the support of the experiment. The RDS provided telecommunications to support the science and operations efforts for the Airborne Antarctic Ozone Experiment, and supplied near real-time weather information to ensure flight and crew safety; designed and installed the telecommunications network to link NASA-GSFC, the United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO), Palmer Station, the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) to the operation at Punta Arenas; engineered and installed stations and other stand-alone systems to collect data from designated low-orbiting polar satellites and beacons; provided analyses of Nimbus-7 TOMS data and backup data products to Punta Arenas; and provided synoptic meteorological data analysis and reduction. Ardanuy, P. and Victorine, J. and Sechrist, F. and Feiner, A. and Penn, L. Unspecified Center COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DATA PROCESSING; MAPPING; OZONE; REAL TIME OPERATION; SATELLITE OBSERVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TOTAL OZONE MAPPING SPECTROMETER; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; OZONE DEPLETION; POLAR ORBITS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS...