Title
CHARM: A CubeSat water vapor radiometer for earth science
Abstract
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and Ames Research Center (ARC) are partnering in the CubeSat Hydrometric Atmospheric Radiometer Mission (CHARM), a water vapor radiometer integrated on a 3U CubeSat platform, selected for implementation under NASA Hands-On Project Experience (HOPE-3). CHARM will measure 4 channels at 183 GHz water vapor line, subsets of measurements currently performed by larger and more costly spacecraft (e.g. ATMS, AMSU-B and SSMI/S). While flying a payload that supports SMD science objectives, CHARM provides a hands-on opportunity to develop technical, leadership, and project skills. CHARM will furthermore advance the technology readiness level (TRL) of the 183 GHz receiver subsystem from TRL 4 to TRL 6 and the CubeSat 183 GHz radiometer system from TRL 4 to TRL 7.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6351226
IGARSS
Keywords
Field
DocType
atmospheric measuring apparatus,cubesat hydrometric atmospheric radiometer mission,atmospheric humidity,low earth orbit satellites,jet propulsion laboratory,3u cubesat platform,technology readiness level,receiver subsystem,trl 4,microwave radiometry,cubesat,atmospheric measurements,cubesat water vapor radiometer,water vapor line,frequency 183 ghz,earth science,radiometer system,trl 7,radiometers,nasa hands-on project experience,trl 6,ames research center,mmics,smd science objectives,water vapor,earth sciences,technology assessment,payloads,radio receivers
Computer science,Remote sensing,Jet propulsion,Technology assessment,CubeSat,Technology readiness level,Water vapor,Radiometer,Spacecraft,Payload
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2153-6996 E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-1158-8
978-1-4673-1158-8
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Boon Lim110.82
David Mauro211.16
Rodolphe De Rosee310.48
Matthew Sorgenfrei410.48
Steve Vance510.48