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CONCEPT SIMULATION · NOT LIVE TRACKING
AERIA3D · INTERACTIVE SCIENCE
Satellite Observation
Simulator
Explore how push-broom imagers, rotary cross-track scanners, and atmospheric lidars sample Earth.
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Compare all three illustrative observation geometries.
Educational reference visualization. This is not live satellite tracking.
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Scientific context
From measurement geometry to 3D radiative transfer
Push-broom imagers acquire a cross-track detector line continuously along the orbit. Rotary cross-scanners sweep detector rows across a broad swath, while lidars measure vertically resolved atmospheric backscatter.
Each geometry samples a three-dimensional, horizontally inhomogeneous atmosphere differently. AERIA3D is concerned with accurately and efficiently modeling radiation in this kind of three-dimensional environment; it does not operate these satellites or provide live tracking data.
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