Overview of the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer ground system

Abstract

The Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) will provide the first three-dimensional (latitude/longitude and altitude) measurements of tropospheric ozone and related species. The scientific objectives of the TES project are discussed, and an overview of the experiment and mission plan are presented. An overview of the design of the ground system is provided as context to a description of how some of the unique challenges posed by the development of the TES ground system were addressed. The solutions described include: concurrent engineering of flight and ground systems, use of CASE tools in software development, use of workstations clusters to meet computational requirements, and the development of a project-specific framework.