- ABB to develop thermal infrared instruments for ESA’s Harmony satellites, enhancing climate science and extreme weather forecasting.
Wed Nov 13 10:00:26 -0000 2024 UTC– European Space Agency’s Harmony mission in 2024 to use ABB’s thermal infrared instruments for two satellites, aiding climate science and weather forecasting.
ABB’s technology will enhance understanding of Earth’s dynamic systems by combining thermal and radar imagery for insights into energy fluxes.
Multiview TIR Instrument
ABB’s multiview TIR instrument will enable ESA to measure cloud position and motion from space, ensuring radiometric precision. The infrared instruments are compared to that of the true surface temperature, be it cloud or sea.
The data collected by the mission will help the advancement of climate science as well as support the understanding and forecasting of extreme weather such as hurricanes.
Over land, Harmony will estimate small shifts in the shape of the land surface. This is set to help monitor earthquakes and volcanic activity, thereby contributing to the assessment of hazards in geologically active areas.