THE ADVANTAGES
OF AEROSOL-UA POLARIMETRY
::: Polarization is a relative measurement that can be made accurately + many scattering angles.
::: Polarimetric ScanPol measurements will be calibrated on the orbit.
::: Polarization change with scattering angle and wavelength gives microphyscs: size, refractive index and shape of aerosol.
::: Synergy of scanner and imager will produce new quality of data, hopefully different from similar aerosol missions.
The Ukrainian Aerosol-UA instrument concept at YuzhSat platform provides synergy of precision scanner-polarimeter and imaging polarimeter, and has no analog in other planned missions.
TIMELINE
ScanPol calibration
end 2018
Construction of MSIP one channel
end 2018
Data processing algorithm
end 2018
On flight ScanPol testing
end 2019
MSIP construction
2019
GEOMETRY OF MEASUREMENTS
