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Middle Atmosphere Sounder and Thermal Emission Radiometer (MASTER)
Completed
Description
Develop a compact instrument design for measurements of stratospheric temperature, ozone, carbon dioxide, and water vapor essential to understanding climate. MASTER would: enable an instrument concept to fill the data gap beyond EOS-Aura develop a small, low-cost infrared limb sounder based on experience with NASA SABER, HIRDLS, and LIMS instruments advance a design applicable to a hosted payload or to a small satellite for sustainable measurements over coming decades provide a mass/power design of 35 kg/35 W (half of the current SABER instrument)
Details
| Technology area | Sensors and Instruments > Remote Sensing Instruments and Sensors > Microwave, Millimeter Waves, and Submillimeter Waves |
| Program | Earth Science (ESD) |
| Lead organization | NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC |
| Start date | 2014-04-10 |
| End date | 2014-12-31 |
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