Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation
A Moon-based platform can observe the whole Earth’s disk instantaneously. This paper introduces a fully linked scheme to analyze the observational capabilities of Earth’s outgoing radiation from a Moon-based platform. Precise geometric model for the sensors, including a radiometer and a multi-spectr...
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| author | Guang Liu Runbo Dong Yin Jin Mengxiong Zhou Hanlin Ye Rui Song Jan-Peter Muller Huadong Guo |
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| description | A Moon-based platform can observe the whole Earth’s disk instantaneously. This paper introduces a fully linked scheme to analyze the observational capabilities of Earth’s outgoing radiation from a Moon-based platform. Precise geometric model for the sensors, including a radiometer and a multi-spectral camera, is established at first. Subsequently, a new method for the reconstruction of the Earth’s outgoing radiation is proposed. We use the Goddard Earth Observing System Version 5 (GEOS-5) data as a reference to simulate the observation data from Moon-based sensors and carry out reconstruction to comprehensively assess the observational capabilities. The results show that: 1) the lowest daily ground coverage rate is about 88.8% and global coverage including polar regions can always be achieved within a month; 2) the sampling interval needs to be less than 4 hours to ensure the accuracy of reconstruction; 3) the image captured by a multi-spectral camera is capable of reconstructing the distribution of the Earth’s outgoing radiation, while the data obtained from a radiometer facilitates the reconstruction of the global Earth’s outgoing radiation, thereby enabling a comprehensive assessment of the Earth’s outgoing radiation. These findings offer valuable insights that can guide the design of sensor parameters for forthcoming missions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5fb99b17caa64b339916c956e00e72f42025-01-28T11:40:59ZengTaylor & Francis GroupGeo-spatial Information Science1009-50201993-51532025-01-0111610.1080/10095020.2025.2456119Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiationGuang Liu0Runbo Dong1Yin Jin2Mengxiong Zhou3Hanlin Ye4Rui Song5Jan-Peter Muller6Huadong Guo7International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing, ChinaInternational Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing, ChinaInternational Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing, ChinaInternational Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing, ChinaInternational Center for Climate and Environment Science, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaNational Centre for Earth Observation, Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKImaging Group, Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, London, UKInternational Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals, Beijing, ChinaA Moon-based platform can observe the whole Earth’s disk instantaneously. This paper introduces a fully linked scheme to analyze the observational capabilities of Earth’s outgoing radiation from a Moon-based platform. Precise geometric model for the sensors, including a radiometer and a multi-spectral camera, is established at first. Subsequently, a new method for the reconstruction of the Earth’s outgoing radiation is proposed. We use the Goddard Earth Observing System Version 5 (GEOS-5) data as a reference to simulate the observation data from Moon-based sensors and carry out reconstruction to comprehensively assess the observational capabilities. The results show that: 1) the lowest daily ground coverage rate is about 88.8% and global coverage including polar regions can always be achieved within a month; 2) the sampling interval needs to be less than 4 hours to ensure the accuracy of reconstruction; 3) the image captured by a multi-spectral camera is capable of reconstructing the distribution of the Earth’s outgoing radiation, while the data obtained from a radiometer facilitates the reconstruction of the global Earth’s outgoing radiation, thereby enabling a comprehensive assessment of the Earth’s outgoing radiation. These findings offer valuable insights that can guide the design of sensor parameters for forthcoming missions.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10095020.2025.2456119SimulationsMoon-based platformEearth’s outgoing radiationobservational capability analysis |
| spellingShingle | Guang Liu Runbo Dong Yin Jin Mengxiong Zhou Hanlin Ye Rui Song Jan-Peter Muller Huadong Guo Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation Geo-spatial Information Science Simulations Moon-based platform Eearth’s outgoing radiation observational capability analysis |
| title | Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation |
| title_full | Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation |
| title_fullStr | Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation |
| title_short | Analyzing the observational capabilities of a Moon-based platform for monitoring Earth’s outgoing radiation |
| title_sort | analyzing the observational capabilities of a moon based platform for monitoring earth s outgoing radiation |
| topic | Simulations Moon-based platform Eearth’s outgoing radiation observational capability analysis |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/10095020.2025.2456119 |
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