ESA Open Invitation To Tender AO8768
Open Date: 13/10/2016
Closing Date: 24/11/2016 13:00:00

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 16.197.14
Prog. Ref.: General Studies
Budget Ref.: E/0600-00 – General Studies
Special Prov.: BE+DK+FR+DE+IT+NL+ES+SE+CH+GB+IE+AT+NO+FI+PT+GR+LU+CZ+RO+PL+EE+HU+CA
Tender Type: C
Price Range: 200-500 KEURO
Products: Satellites & Probes / Payloads / Instruments / Optical Instruments / Infrared spectroscopy / Satellites & Probes / Payloads / Instruments / Optical Instruments / Optical Telescopes
Techology Domains: Others
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate of Technical & Quality Manag
Department: System, Software & Technology Department
Division: Future Prep. & Strategic Studies Off.
Contract Officer: van Hilten, Linda
Industrial Policy Measure: N/A – Not apply
Last Update Date: 18/10/2016
Update Reason: Loaded a new Clarification(English version)

Satellite nadir observations in the UV, visible, and short-wave infrared wavelength range are currently being used in aerosol monitoring for air quality and climate applications employing data assimilation techniques. The classic approach of assimilating Level-2 Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) is error prone due to unavoidable inconsistencies in assumed aerosol microphysical parameters. The proposed activity is dedicated to an implementation and testing of an alternative approach based on the assimilation of radiances. This scheme is applied on a dataset from one well-calibrated satellite instrument with good aerosol capabilities. The study concludes withthe assessment of the aerosol monitoring skill of the radiance-based assimilation scheme and comparison with the AOD-based assimilation scheme, using independent aerosol reference data.

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