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GEO-CAPE Oceans: Orbit position discussion

Is the proposed 95W position optimal or adequate?

What do we gain or lose by shifting East or West of 95W?

We may have to move depending on HP availability.

What would be acceptable and what would be unbearable?

Slides for discussion, most produced by Dirk Aurin

For perspective:GVA (geo-viewing angle)GZA (geostationary sensor angle)SZA (solar zenith angle)

Air mass fraction over the day (on Equinox)< 5 is goodJune 95W (red dot is orbital position, yellow is solar position)

Much of the tropical western atlantic 6December 95W

Opportunities for La Plata, Falklands (Malvinas). Very oligotrophic waters of the south pacific7Equinox 95W

Equinox at 1800 GMT-85W, -95, -105Wclockwise

Air mass fractionView your region of interest9Dec. Solstice at 1800 GMT-86W, -96W, -106Wclockwise

Air mass fraction10GEO-CAPE Oceans: Orbit position discussion

Is the proposed 95W position optimal?

What do we gain or lose by shifting East or West of 95W?

We may have to move depending on HP availability.

What would be acceptable and what would be unbearable?

For perspective: