Advanced Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Radiometer for Trace Gas and Aerosol Observations

Ground based passive sensors such as Pandora, Cimel and Brewer played a major role in improving ournbsp;understanding of the atmospheric chemistry by monitoring quot; in real timequot; nbsp;local and regional nbsp;air qualitynbsp;and pollution episodes. They will certainly play an important role in current and future satellite validationnbsp;efforts and nbsp;will help in the integration of satellite data in the air quality assessmentsnbsp; We propose to develop a compact Spectrometer system quot; Pandora-Cquot; capable of nbsp;improving thenbsp;capabilities of existing trace gas measuring sensors nbsp;and of maintain radiometric stability for reliablenbsp;aerosols products. We propose an improved, compact andnbsp;nbsp;lightweightnbsp;design for Phase 2 quot; Pandora-C instrumentquot;. The proposed systemnbsp;will greatly improve the instrument reliability and long term stability.nbsp;