Details of Award
NERC Reference : NER/T/S/2003/00150
Calibration & characterisation of airborne far-IR radiometer TAFTS, cross-calib of TAFTS & ARIES & calib validation of spaceborne GERB instrument
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Professor JC Pickering, Imperial College London, Physics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor JE Harries, Imperial College London, Physics
- Grant held at:
- Imperial College London, Physics
- Science Area:
- Atmospheric
- Overall Classification:
- Atmospheric
- ENRIs:
- Global Change
- Science Topics:
- Water In The Atmosphere
- Radiative Processes & Effects
- Tropospheric Processes
- Climate & Climate Change
- Abstract:
- We propose the final stage of TAFTS (far IR Tropospheric Airborne Fourier Transform Spectrometer) development, involving investigation of calibration, optics characterisation and also the response to different temperature conditions. These measurements will be incorporated along with calibration methods into development of calibration algorithms and user-friendly software tools that will allow TAFTS data sets to be calibrated and analysed by the NERC research community. With TAFTS due to be deployed on the FAAM aircraft this year a timely cross-calibration with the MO ARIES instrument is proposed. Finally with TAFTS and ARIES cross-calibrated we plan a calibration validation of the longwave channel of the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument, GERB, flown on-board the Meteosat Second Generation satellite.
- NERC Reference:
- NER/T/S/2003/00150
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- EO Programmes Pre FEC2
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- EO Enabling Fund
This grant award has a total value of £50,785
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| Total - Staff | Total - T&S | Total - Other Costs | Total - Indirect Costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| £33,487 | £815 | £1,080 | £15,403 |
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