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OCO-2  

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  • The OCO-2 Project primary science objective is to collect the first space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution and coverage needed to characterize its sources and sinks and quantify their variability over the seasonal cycle. During its two-year mission, OCO-2 will fly in a sun-synchronous, near-polar orbit with a group of Earth-orbiting satellites with synergistic science objectives whose ascending node crosses the equator near 13:30 hours Mean Local Time (MLT). Near-global coverage of the sunlit portion of Earth is provided in this orbit over a 16-day (233-revolution) repeat cycle. OCO-2’s single instrument incorporates three high-resolution grating spectrometers, designed to measure the near-infrared absorption of reflected sunlight by carbon dioxide and molecular oxygen. More Information: https://ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov/ (en)

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  • 2020-05-22 11:49:28.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (OCO-2 [fe283901-27e9-4278-8306-81d8367f1b20,560235] - M - O [a31c2828-9b6d-44e9-b6ad-7ae81030f322,548709]);
  • 2020-05-22 11:52:31.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: Orbiting Carbon Observatory - 2 language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: Orbiting Carbon Observatory language code: en);
  • 2020-05-22 11:54:00.0 [sritz] update Definition ([Source: https://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/quick-facts/] The OCO-2 Project primary science objective is to collect the first space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution and coverage needed to characterize its sources and sinks and quantify their variability over the seasonal cycle. During its two-year mission, OCO-2 will fly in a sun-synchronous, near-polar orbit with a group of Earth-orbiting satellites with synergistic science objectives whose ascending node crosses the equator near 13:30 hours Mean Local Time (MLT). Near-global coverage of the sunlit portion of Earth is provided in this orbit over a 16-day (233-revolution) repeat cycle. OCO-2’s single instrument incorporates three high-resolution grating spectrometers, designed to measure the near-infrared absorption of reflected sunlight by carbon dioxide and molecular oxygen. More Information: https://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/); update Definition (https://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/);
  • 2020-05-22 12:00:59.0 [sritz] update AltLabel (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2);
  • 2021-10-26 14:08:37.0 [sritz] update Definition (The OCO-2 Project primary science objective is to collect the first space-based measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide with the precision, resolution and coverage needed to characterize its sources and sinks and quantify their variability over the seasonal cycle. During its two-year mission, OCO-2 will fly in a sun-synchronous, near-polar orbit with a group of Earth-orbiting satellites with synergistic science objectives whose ascending node crosses the equator near 13:30 hours Mean Local Time (MLT). Near-global coverage of the sunlit portion of Earth is provided in this orbit over a 16-day (233-revolution) repeat cycle. OCO-2’s single instrument incorporates three high-resolution grating spectrometers, designed to measure the near-infrared absorption of reflected sunlight by carbon dioxide and molecular oxygen. More Information: https://ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov/); update Definition (Source: https://ocov2.jpl.nasa.gov/);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/fe283901-27e9-4278-8306-81d8367f1b20

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