A MicroWave Radiometer payload definition for Taiwan's small satellite mission

James Yu Chen Yaung, Jih Run Tsai, Nai Chen Liu, Ru Muh Yang, Bor Han Wu, I. Young Tarn, Shyh Jong Chung, Chi Yang Chang, Chung Hsing Han, Kyle Dai, Gin Rong Liu, Tang Huang Lin, Hsi Chi Fang, Wann Jin Chen, Chung Chih Liu

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Abstract

Monsoons and typhoons bring along heavy precipitation that produce great threats (i.e., mud slide, land slide, river flooding, etc.) in Taiwan which have caused tremendous disasters and the predicted future trend of them can be even more devastating. A multi-channel MicroWave Radiometer (MWR) space instrument, with its advantages of all-weather capability, repeat pass orbit selected, wide swath, can provide not only in-time coverage and daily monitoring for a disaster early warning system (i.e., beyond the ground radars ranging distances from the Taiwan island) in terms of the key precipitation and other parameters needed by the CWB (Central Weather Bureau) of Taiwan and the operations organizations/agencies for disasters mitigation in Taiwan. This paper describes a payload definition effort for an envisioned Taiwan's small satellite mission with its on-going and projected work.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011
Pages659-664
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2011
Event32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011 - Tapei, Taiwan
Duration: 3 Oct 20117 Oct 2011

Publication series

Name32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011
Volume1

Conference

Conference32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTapei
Period3/10/117/10/11

Keywords

  • Disaster mitigation
  • MicroWave Radiometer
  • Payload definition
  • Satellite mission

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