Author(s): Mitchell Goldberg, Satellite Remote Sensing and Applications Lab, City College of New York (First Author, Presenting Author) Said Mejia-Manrique, Department of Civil Engineering, CUNY-CREST Institute, and United Nations University (UNU) Hub on Remote-Sensing and Sustainable Innovations for Resilient Urban Systems (R-SIRUS) -UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) Dingdong Li, Optical Remote Sensing Lab, The City College of NY Lihang Zhou, NOAA College Park Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS
Multiple ATMS sensors in the same orbit at a fixed altitude and negligible drift enables the use of ATMS as a validated reference benchmark to reduce uncertainties related to the accuracy and stability of microwave cubesats. Reference benchmarks are still needed as part of the constellation. Lower cost cubesats together with more stable sensors like ATMS have significant advantages.
