Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Project

DSCOVR, formerly called Triana, is the first Earth-observing satellite in an Lagrange-1 or L1 orbit. It will be continuously viewing the planet with a 9-channel imager, the EPIC , and a single-pixel broadband radiometer, NISTAR . NASA Langley will be analyzing data from both instruments to determine cloud and radiation properties of the Earth-atmosphere system. This work is being directed by Co-Investigator Patrick Minnis, Atmospheric Sciences, NASA Langley Research Center(LaRC).

Triana Science Team Meeting Presentations:

Cloud Properties, BRDFS, & Inter-Satellite Calibration from Triana Data, April 13, 2000.

Status of Langley Triana Algorithms, October 16-17, 2000.

Status of NASA Langley Triana Research, January 25-26, 2001

Simulated Triana-EPIC Earth Views using MODIS, January 25-26, 2001


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Simulated DSCOVR RGB Image

Triana-a Deep Space Earth and Solar Observatory, prepared for the National Academy of Sciences Review, December 1999

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Related References:

Minnis, P., 2007: Earth radiation budget from NISTAR. DSCOVR Workshop, College Park, MD, May 11.

Chepfer, H., P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, D. F. young, and R. F. Arduini, 2001: "Retrieval of cirrus cloud ice crystal shapes using visible reflectances from dual-satellite measurements: Preparation Of The Triana Mission". Presented at Symposium on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 26-30. .

Chepfer, H., P. Minnis, D. F. Young, L. Nguyen, and R. F. Arduini, 2002: "Estimation of cirrus cloud effective ice crystal shapes using visible reflectances from dual-satellite measurements.". J. Geophys. Res.Vol. 107, 2002.

Doelling D.R., J. Huang, J.D. Kenyon, P. Minnis, and F.P.J. Valero, 2002: Development of correction factors to derive a global radiation budget from triana data. Proc. 11th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation (AMS), Ogden, UT, 3-7 June 2002. (Poster)

Doelling D.R., J. Huang, J.D. Kenyon, P. Minnis, and F.P.J. Valero, 2002: Development of correction factors to derive a global radiation budget from triana data. Proc. 11th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation (AMS), Ogden, UT, 3-7 June 2002.

Huang, J., Minnis P., D. R. Doelling, F. P. J. Valero, 2002: Simulation and Correction of Triana-Viewed Earth Radiation Budget with ERBE/ISCCP data. Proc. International Geosciences and Remote Sensing Symposium, Toronto Canada, 24-28 June 2002.

Minnis, P., J. huang, D. R. Doelling, and F. P. J. Valero, 2001: " Simulation and correction of Triana viewed earth radiation budget with ERBE data". Proc. SPIE 8th Intl. Symp. Remote Sensing, Toulouse, France.

Minnis, P., J. Huang, and D. R. Doelling, 2001: "Earth Radiation Budget From Triana, Correction For Anisotropic Radiances. Presented at Symposium on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography".European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 26-30.

Minnis, P., L. Nguyen, D. F. Young, and H. Chepfer, 2001: " Triana, An Ideal Platform For Continuous Multiangle Viewing Of Earth. Presented at Symposium on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography". European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March 26-30.

Yi, H. Y., P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, and D. R. Doelling, 2001:" A proposed multiangle dataset using GEO, LEO,and Triana". Proc. AMS 11th Conf. Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.

Minnis, P., J. Huang, D. R. Doelling, and F. P. Valero, 2001:" Simulation and Correction of Triana Viewed Earth Radian Budget with ERBE Data". To be presented at the 8th International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Toulouse, France, September 17-21.

Valero, F. P., J. Herman, P. Minnis, W. D. Collins, R. Sadourny, W. Wiscombe, D. Lubin, and K. Oligvie, 1999: Triana - A Deep Space Earth and Solar Observatory. NASA White Paper for Natl. Acad. Sci. Review, December, 100pp.