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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

Links to additional information about NAST

http://ghrc.msfc.nasa.gov/uso/readme/nast-mts.html


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