MicroCarb instrument, overview and first results
Elodie Cansot, Laurie Pistre, Matthieu Castelnau, P. Landiech, Laurent Georges, Yann Gaeremynck, Philippe Bernard
Abstract
MicroCarb is a space mission designed to monitor the CO2 fluxes at the earth surface in order to better understand exchanges between atmosphere, oceans and vegetation.The specificity of Microcarb is its capacity to measure very precisely the CO2 atmospheric concentration (better than 1ppm) using a microsatellite (180kg).The MicroCarb mission is developed by the French Space Agency
Topics & Concepts
Atmosphere (unit)Remote sensingAgency (philosophy)Vegetation (pathology)Measure (data warehouse)Space (punctuation)Environmental scienceEarth observationAstrobiologySatelliteComputer scienceMeteorologyAerospace engineeringGeologyPhysicsEngineeringDatabaseOperating systemPathologyPhilosophyEpistemologyMedicineAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsAtmospheric aerosols and cloudsAerospace Engineering and Energy Systems