Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE)
The GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) mission was recommended by the NRC's Earth Science Decadal Survey to measure tropospheric trace gases and aerosols and coastal ocean phytoplankton, water quality and biogeochemistry from geostationary orbit, providing multiple daily observations within the field of view. Multiple observations per day are required to explore the physical, chemical, and dynamical processes that determine tropospheric composition and air quality over spatial scales ranging from urban to continental, and over temporal scales ranging from diurnal to seasonal. Likewise, high frequency satellite observations are critical to studying and quantifying biological, chemical, and physical processes within the coastal ocean and beyond. The GEO-CAPE Mission Study Team met 2009-2018. The study was completed in September 2018 as NASA transitioned to implementation of the second Earth Science Decadal Survey.
Organizations
Launch Date
November 2009
Class
Flight Project
Website
The GEOstationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events (GEO-CAPE) mission was recommended by the NRC's Earth Science Decadal Survey to measure tropospheric trace gases and aerosols and coastal ocean phytoplankton, water quality and biogeochemistry from geostationary orbit, providing multiple daily observations within the field of view. Multiple observations per day are required to explore the physical, chemical, and dynamical processes that determine tropospheric composition and air quality over spatial scales ranging from urban to continental, and over temporal scales ranging from diurnal to seasonal. Likewise, high frequency satellite observations are critical to studying and quantifying biological, chemical, and physical processes within the coastal ocean and beyond. The GEO-CAPE Mission Study Team met 2009-2018. The study was completed in September 2018 as NASA transitioned to implementation of the second Earth Science Decadal Survey.
Related Publications
2021.
"Assessing Net Growth of Phytoplankton Biomass on Hourly to Annual Time Scales Using the Geostationary Ocean Color Instrument.",
Geophysical Research Letters,
48
(23):
[10.1029/2021gl095528]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2018.
"Remote sensing retrievals of colored dissolved organic matter and dissolved organic carbon dynamics in North American estuaries and their margins.",
Remote Sensing of Environment,
205
151-165
[10.1016/j.rse.2017.11.014]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2018.
"Atmospheric Trace Gas (NO2 and O3) Variability in South Korean Coastal Waters, and Implications for Remote Sensing of Coastal Ocean Color Dynamics.",
Remote Sensing,
10
(10):
1587
[10.3390/rs10101587]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2017.
"The net decay time of anomalies in concentrations of atmospheric pollutants.",
Atmospheric Environment,
160
19-26
[10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.04.006]
[Journal Article/Letter]
2017.
"MODIS Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Depth over Turbid Coastal Water.",
Remote Sensing,
9
(6):
595
[10.3390/rs9060595]
[Journal Article/Letter]
