DEEP SPACE CLIMATE OBSERVATORY (DSCOVR) EARTH IMAGING USING EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera)

In 1998 the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center was selected as part of the Scripps-led team to design, build, and test a high resolution camera for imaging the Earth from L1 in multiple wavelengths. Over ~17 years the mission evolved from the original NASA Triana mission to the NOAA/NASA DSCOVR which was launched in February 2015. In July 2015, after reaching L! (1 million miles from Earth), the EPIC instrument produced its first view of the entire sunlit side of the Earth.EPIC produces ten narrow band images when combined allow the determination of physical quantities like ozone, aerosols, dust and volcanic ash, cloud height,or vegetation cover.These data products are of interest to climate science, as well as hydrology,biogeochemistry, and ecology as well as providing insight into Earth's energy balance. This talk will discuss the mission history, the instrument, and the interesting images produced by EPIC.

Speaker: Dr. Joseph Mobilia, Lockheed Martin