preliminary swot orbit design study r. steven nerem, ryan woolley, george born, james choe colorado...
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Preliminary SWOT Orbit Design Study
R. Steven Nerem, Ryan Woolley, George Born,
James Choe
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado
Richard RayNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Ernesto Rodriguez
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Orbit Design Considerations
• Latitudinal coverage (orbit inclination)• Temporal Sampling• Spatial Sampling• Tidal Aliasing• Starting Point:
– 15-25 day repeat– 800-1000 km altitude– Near 78° inclination
• Other Considerations:– Calibration/Validation– Multiple Orbit/Mission Phases– Orbit Maintenance
• Final Orbit Design Derived from Science Requirements
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~60 km ~60 km~10 km
800-1000 km
Sensor Swath Pattern
~3.5° ~3.5°
~0.6°
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15-Day Orbit Coverage Gaps
3° N
0°
3° S
60 km
400 km
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22-Day Orbit Coverage
2° N
0°
2° S
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Repeat Length (days)
Spa
cing
(km
)Repeat Period vs Equatorial Spacing
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Repeat (days)
Equatorial Gap Width (km)
Latitude of Full Coverage(deg)
~130 km total swath width
Repeat Period vs Coverage (i = 78°)
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15-Day Repeat, 1-Day Subcycle
Base Interval ~25° or ~3000 km
2 5 6 7 8 9 103 4 11Day 1 141312 15
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14-Day Repeat, 3-Day Subcycle
Base Interval ~25° or ~3000 km
6 1 4 7 2139 5Day 3 118 1412 10
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22-Day Repeat, 3-Day Subcycle
Base Interval ~25° or ~3000 km
21 8 11 14 120 4Day 3 107 135 17218159 126 16 19 22
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3-Day Repeat
Base Interval ~25° or ~3000 km
21 8 11 14 120 4Day 3 107 135 17218159 126 16 19 22
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1-Day Repeating Ground Track
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3-Day Repeating Groundtrack
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4-Day Repeating Groundtrack
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22 Day Repeat – 3 Day Subcycle
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22 Day Repeat – 3 Day Subcycle
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22 Day Repeat – 3 Day Subcycle
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Possible Orbit Altitudes: i = 78°
700 750 800 850 900 950 10000
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Altitude (km)
Sub
cycl
e (
da
ys)
i = 78 deg
5
10
15
20
25
30R
epeat Length (days)
+ Repeat Orbit at Subcycle
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3-5 Day Subcycles
920 930 940 950 960 970 980 990 1000
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3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
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4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
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Altitude (km)
Sub
cycl
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da
ys)
i = 78 deg
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17 21 25 23 19 15
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16 21 24 19 R
epeat Length (days)
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Properties of Repeat Track Orbits
• Complete exactly N orbits in C days– N is an integer, C is not (except for SS orbits)
• Altitude precisely determined by i, N, and C• Ground track forms a grid on Earth’s surface,
one point fixes the whole grid• Grid “denser” for increasing C• Sub-cycle length is a complex function of N
and C
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Candidate Orbits
Repeat Length
# of Orbits to Repeat
Equatorial Spacing
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Tidal Aliasing
• This initial analysis does not consider possible benefits of swath coverage (tidal solutions using swath “crossover” measurements)
• Tidal aliasing frequencies completely determined by orbit repeat period (function of altitude and inclination)
• Desirable characteristics:– Good separation of major tide constituents aliasing
frequencies– Alias frequencies should not be close to one cycle
per year– Tides should not alias to very long periods (<< 1
year)
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Four main solar diurnal tides areseparated in frequency by 1 cpy.
The precession rate of the satellite orbit plane determines which frequency is aliased to zero.To avoid unfavorable aliasing generally requires a precession rate ≤ –2°/d (cf. Topex),which limits satellite inclination.We must trade off inclination and aliasing.
Aliasing Near Diurnal Solar Tides
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Tidal Alias Frequencies: i = 75°
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Tidal Alias Frequencies: i = 77°
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Tidal Alias Frequencies: i = 80°
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Tidal Alias Frequencies: i = 85°
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Average Tidal Frequency Separation
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Average Tidal Frequency Separation
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Tidal Aliasing: i = 78°
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Candidate Orbits
Minimal Tidal Aliasing
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3-5 Day Subcycles
920 930 940 950 960 970 980 990 1000
3
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
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4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
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Altitude (km)
Sub
cycl
e (
da
ys)
i = 78 deg
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22
23
24
25
16 19 22 25 23 20 17
17 21 25 23 19 15
18 23
16 21 24 19
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How Does This Analysis Change for SWOT?
• Many measurement locations have 2 or more ascending/descending passes.
• Most measurement locations are “cross over” points.
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21.8635-day repeat
latitude 32.0°
Case 1:One ascending arc per repeat cycle
Example Sampling of Tides by SWOT
Nominal aliasperiod
818 d
111 d
68 d
285 d
160 d
89 d
48 d
80 d
143 d
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21.8635-day repeat
latitude 32.0°
Case 2:Two ascending arcs per repeat cycle
Added sampling helpslunar tides, but not solar.
Example Sampling of Tides by SWOT
Nominal aliasperiod
818 d
111 d
68 d
285 d
160 d
89 d
48 d
80 d
143 d
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21.8635-day repeat
latitude 32.0°
Case 3:Two ascending arcs +two descending arcs per repeat cycle
Added sampling helpssolar diurnal tides, but not solar semidiurnals.
Example Sampling of Tides by SWOT
Nominal aliasperiod
818 d
111 d
68 d
285 d
160 d
89 d
48 d
80 d
143 d
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21.8635-day repeat
latitude 60.0°
Case 3b:Two ascending arcs +two descending arcs per repeat cycle
Nominal aliasperiod
818 d
111 d
68 d
285 d
160 d
89 d
48 d
80 d
143 d
Added sampling helpssolar tides, depending on latitude.
Example Sampling of Tides by SWOT
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Nadir vs Swath Sampling of the Tides
• Additional sampling within a repeat period generally solves aliasing issues of lunar tides.
• At most latitudes, additional sampling of solar tides does not help resolve semidiurnal tides.
• For some sea level studies, additional sampling will help mitigate solar tide-model errors, depending on data processing strategies.
• For tide model improvement studies, swath altimetry provides only marginal improvement for the solar tides over what is offered from conventional nadir altimetry.
• Therefore, Nadir-type aliasing studies generally apply to SWOT - for solar tides. Most lunar tides will not alias to long periods, so we can neglect them during orbit design (but it’s easy to check M2, O1, etc.).
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Coverage Analysis
• 3 Cases studied to get representative coverage for different latitude bands:– Mid-latitude to high-latitude: Aghulas current
region (Gulf Stream is similar)– Equatorial: Amazon River– High-latitude: Lena River
• Plots of number of visits within a cycle, for 10 day and 4 day sampling periods
• Histograms of temporal revisits within a cycle (i.e., no revisits between cycles considered)
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22-Day Repeat, Aghulas
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10 days of 22-Day Repeat, Aghulas
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4-Days of 22-Day Repeat, Aghulas
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22-Day Repeat, Aghulas
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22-Day Repeat, Amazon
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10 Days of 22-Day Repeat, Amazon
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4-Days of 22-Day Repeat, Amazon
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22-Day Repeat, Amazon
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22-Day Repeat, Lena
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10 Days of 22-Day Repeat, Lena
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4 Days of 22-Day Repeat, Lena
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22-Day Repeat, Lena
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22-Day Repeat
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1-Day (3-D)
Questions?