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Risk Reduction & Heritage
Risk Reduction & Heritage
NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed
The objectives of NAST are to:
- simulate instruments for NPOESS: CrIS, ATMS
- evaluate key Environmental Data Records (EDRs) algorithms
- preview high-resolution products—spectral and spatial
- provide flight validation
Instruments included in the NAST project are:
- NAST-I, IR Interferometer Sounder
- NAST-M, Microwave Sounder
NASA ER-2 aircraft




