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Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 6, 0601011(2023)

An Overview of Spaceborne Atmospheric Wind Field Measurement with Passive Optical Remote Sensing

Yutao Feng1,*... Di Fu1,2, Zengliang Zhao3, Weiguo Zong4, Tao Yu5, Zheng Sheng6 and Yajun Zhu7 |Show fewer author(s)

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¹Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging Technology, Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi'an 710119, Shaanxi, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Beijing Institute of Applied Meteorology, Beijing 100029, China

⁴Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Satellite Meteorological Center (National Center for Space Weather), China Meteorological Administration, Beijing 100081, China

⁵School of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

⁶College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, Hunan, China

⁷State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100088, China

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Fig. 1. Schematic of spaceborne wind measurement technology based on image target movement detection

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Fig. 2. Schematic of atmospheric wind detection based on Doppler frequency shift measurement

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Fig. 3. SEVIRI system principle^[47]

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Fig. 4. Optical principle of the FCI^[51]

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Fig. 5. Optical principle of the VIIRS^[52]

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Fig. 6. AIRS optical system^[67]

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Fig. 7. GIIRS optical system^[68]

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Fig. 8. Response of an interferometer to Doppler shift of an incident spectral line

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Fig. 9. Optical system principle of the WINDII^[72]

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Fig. 10. SWIFT optical system^[73]

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Fig. 11. Schematic of PAWS system composition^[22]

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Fig. 12. HRDI optical system^[78]

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Fig. 13. Field coupling fiber bundles and imaging schematic of CLIO system^[83]

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Fig. 14. MIGHTI optical system^[90]

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Fig. 15. SWIFT-DASH interferometer (grating unglued)^[94]

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Fig. 16. Prototype of spaceborne broad-band Doppler asymmetric spatial heterodyne interferometer

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Fig. 17. Basic principles of space-based Doppler modulation gas correlation technology^[96]

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Fig. 18. Doppler wind temperature detector (DWTS) configuration based on gas correlation modulation technology^[97]

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Table 1. Parameters summary of representative visible/infrared cloud imaging loads^[37-45]

Table 1. Parameters summary of representative visible/infrared cloud imaging loads^[37-45]

Load	Satellite and type	Launch time	Spectral range /μm	Spectral channel	Substar resolution /km	Temporal resolution	Detection range /hPa	Wind speed accuracy / （m·s^-1）
SEVIRI	MSG/European second generation geostationary satellite	2002	0.4-13.4	12	1（VIS） 3（IR）	15 min/full disk	1000-100	-2.77-5.24（bias） <0.61（NRMS）
GOES Imager	GOES-15/US's second generation geostationary satellite	2010	0.55-13.7	5	1（VIS） 4（IR）	30 min/full disk	-	-
VISSR	FY-2G/China's first generation geostationary satellite	2014	0.55-12.5	5	1.25（VIS） 5（IR）	30 min/full disk	1000-150	-3-3（bias） <6（RMSE）
AGRI	FY-4A/China's second generation geostationary satellite	2016	0.45-13.8	14	0.5-1（VIS） 2-4（IR）	15 min/full disk	1000-150	-2-6（bias） <8（RMSE）
AHI	Himawari-8/9/ Japanese third generation geostationary satellite	2014/2016	0.47-13.3	16	0.5-1（VIS） 2（IR）	10 min/full disk	1100-125	<1（bias） 4-6（RMSE）
ABI	GOES-R/US's second generation geostationary satellite	2016	0.45-13.6	16	0.5（VIS） 1-2（IR）	5-15 min/full disk	1000-100	4.31-5.2
VIIRS	NOAA-20/ United States Joint Polar Satellite	2017	0.41-12.5	22	0.375 or 0.75	Global coverage twice/day（IR and day/night VIS/NIR channel） or once/day（VIS）	Ground plane-top of troposphere	4.8-6.3
FCI	MTG/European third generation geostationary satellite	2022	0.3-13.3	16	0.5-1（VIS） 1-2（IR）	10 min/Full disk	1000-100	-2.81-3.85（bias） <0.62（NRMS）
AVHRR/3	European，American and joint polar satellites	1998	0.58-12.5	6	1.1	Global coverage twice/day（IR）or once/day（VIS）	-	-

Table 2. Parameters summary of representative infrared hyperspectrometer

Table 2. Parameters summary of representative infrared hyperspectrometer

Load	Satellite	Launch time	Spectral resolution /cm^-1	Spectral range /cm^-1	Spectral channel	Detection range /hPa	Wind speed accuracy / （m·s^-1）	Wind directionaccuracy /（°）	Spatial resolution /km
GIFTS	EO-3	2004（airborne test only）	0.57	685-1130 1650-2250	1835	1000-400	3	25	1-2（vertical） 4（horizontal）
AIRS	Aqua	2002	0.65	649-1136 1217-1613 2169-2674	2378	1000-200	3.53	14	13.5（horizontal）
CRIS	Suomi NPP	2011	0.625 1.25 2.5	650-1095 1210-1750 2155-2550	1305	1000-100	5-10	—	14（horizontal）
GIIRS	FY-4A FY-4B	2016	0.625	700-1130 1650-2250	1650	1000-100	2	—	16（horizontal）
MISTiCTM Winds	—	After 2022	1.26	1750-2450	580	1000-100	2	10	3-4（horizontal） 1（vertical）
HyperCube	—	After 2022	1.26	900-1385	384	1000-100	3-4	—	—

Table 3. Parameters summary of representative spaceborne interferometer for atmospheric wind measurement

Table 3. Parameters summary of representative spaceborne interferometer for atmospheric wind measurement

Load	Satellite	Launch time	State	Detection range /km	Detection accuracy	Vertical resolution /km	Interferometer type
FPI	OGO-6	1969	Fail	100-400	—m/s，15 K	—	Spherical Fabry-Pérot interferometer
FPI	DE-2	1982	Success	80-200	15 m/s	10	Planar Fabry-Pérot interferometer
HRDI	UARS	1992	Successful，remarkable application results	10-40 60-110	5 m/s	5	Triple etalon Fabry-Pérot interferometer
TIDI	TIMED	2001	Basic success， but few data	60-300	3 m/s，5-40 K	2	Fixed plane Fabry-Pérot interferometer
WINDII	UARS	1992	Successful，remarkable application results	80-300	5 m/s，18-40 K	4	Four-step Michelson interferometer
MIGHTI	ICON	2019	Success	90-300	5 m/s，2 K	5-10	Broad-band DASH interferometer

Table 4. Summary of spaceborne passive optical remote sensing wind measurement techniques

Table 4. Summary of spaceborne passive optical remote sensing wind measurement techniques

Technical system	Cloud motion vector	Infrared hyperspectral	Wind imaging interferometer	Doppler modulated gas correlation
Detection range	Troposphere	Troposphere	Tropopause，stratosphere， mesosphere，and thermosphere	Atratosphere，mesosphere，and thermosphere
Wind speed accuracy	0.6-6 m/s	2-10 m/s	3-15 m/s	2-10 m/s
Vertical resolution	-	1-2 km	2-10 km	1-2 km
Horizontal resolution	0.5-4 km	3-16 km	100-200 km	10-200 km
Profile continuity	No profile	Quasi continuous profile	Continuous profile	Continuous profile
Time coverage	Day，night	Day，night	Day，night	Day，night

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Yutao Feng, Di Fu, Zengliang Zhao, Weiguo Zong, Tao Yu, Zheng Sheng, Yajun Zhu. An Overview of Spaceborne Atmospheric Wind Field Measurement with Passive Optical Remote Sensing[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(6): 0601011

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Category: Atmospheric Optics and Oceanic Optics

Received: Jul. 12, 2022

Accepted: Sep. 26, 2022

Published Online: Mar. 13, 2023

The Author Email: Yutao Feng (fytciom@126.com)

DOI:10.3788/AOS221462

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