Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-21-2021
Department
Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Abstract
The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite observes the entire Sun-illuminated Earth from sunrise to sunset from the L1 Sun-Earth Lagrange point. The L1 location, however, confines the observed phase angles to ∼2°–12°, a nearly backscattering direction, precluding any information on the bidirectional surface reflectance factor (BRF) or cloud/aerosol phase function. Deploying an analog of EPIC on the Moon’s surface would offer a unique opportunity to image the full range of Earth phases, including observing ocean/cloud glint reflection for different phase angles; monitoring of transient volcanic clouds; detection of circum-polar mesospheric and stratospheric clouds; estimating the surface BRF and full phase-angle integrated albedo; and monitoring of vegetation characteristics for different phase angles.
Publication Title
Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Recommended Citation
Gorkavyi, N.,
Carn, S.,
DeLand, M.,
Knyazikhin, Y.,
Krotkov, N.,
Marshak, A.,
&
et al.
(2021).
Earth Imaging From the Surface of the Moon With a DSCOVR/EPIC-Type Camera.
Frontiers in Remote Sensing,
2.
http://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2021.724074
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