Le mephu, edalwe kusetshenziswa ukubonwa okusha kwe-COWVR, ikhombisa amaza omhlaba ama-microwave, ahlinzeka ngolwazi mayelana namandla emimoya engaphezulu kolwandle, inani lamanzi emafwini, kanye nenani lomhwamuko wamanzi emkhathini.
I-mini-instrument emisha ephakathi kwe-International Space Station idale imephu yokuqala yomhlaba wonke yomswakamo nomoya wasolwandle.
Ngemva kokufakwa ku-International Space Station, amathuluzi amabili amancane adizayinwe futhi akhiwa yi-NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory eSouthern California yethulwa ngoJan. 7 ukuze kuqalwe ukuqoqa idatha ngemimoya yasolwandle kanye nomhwamuko wamanzi womkhathi osetshenziselwa ukubikezela isimo sezulu nolwandle.Kudingeka ulwazi olubalulekile.Phakathi nezinsuku ezimbili, i-Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) kanye ne-Temporal Space Experiment in Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) zase ziqoqe idatha eyanele ukuze ziqale ukudala imephu.
I-COWVR ne-TEMPEST yethulwe ngomhla ka-21 Disemba 2021, njengengxenye yomsebenzi we-SpaceX wama-24 wokubuyisela ezentengiso ku-NASA.Womabili amathuluzi ama-radiometer ama-microwave akala izinguquko emisebeni yemvelo ye-microwave.Amathuluzi ayingxenye ye-US Space Force's Space Test Programme Houston-8 (STP-H8), okuhloswe ngayo ukukhombisa ukuthi ingaqoqa idatha yekhwalithi eqhathanisekayo kumathuluzi amakhulu asebenza ku-orbit okwamanje.
Le mephu entsha evela ku-COWVR ibonisa ama-microwave angu-34 GHz akhishwa nguMhlaba kuwo wonke ama-latitude abonakala esiteshini sasemkhathini (kusuka ku-52 degrees latitude enyakatho ukuya ku-52 degrees south latitude).Le frikhwensi ekhethekile ye-microwave inikeza ababikezeli bezulu ulwazi mayelana namandla omoya endaweni yolwandle, inani lamanzi emafwini, kanye nenani lomhwamuko wamanzi osemkhathini.
Imibala eluhlaza nemhlophe kumephu ibonisa amazinga aphezulu omhwamuko namafu, kuyilapho umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka obumnyama wolwandle ubonisa umoya owomile nesibhakabhaka esicacile.Isithombe sithwebula izimo zezulu ezijwayelekile ezinjengomswakama we-tropical kanye nemvula (umugqa oluhlaza phakathi nendawo yemephu) neziphepho ezimaphakathi ne-latitude phezu kolwandle.
Ama-radiometer adinga uthi olujikelezayo ukuze abone izindawo ezinkulu zomhlaba kunomugqa omncane nje.Kuwo wonke amanye ama-radiometer e-microwave, hhayi uthi kuphela, kodwa ne-radiometer ngokwayo kanye nezinto zikagesi ezihambisana nazo zizungeza izikhathi ezingaba ngu-30 ngomzuzu.Kunezizathu ezinhle zesayensi nezobunjiniyela zomklamo onezingxenye eziningi ezizungezayo, kodwa ukugcina umkhumbi-mkhathi uzinzile onesisindo esiningi esinyakazayo kuyinselele.Ukwengeza, izindlela zokudlulisa amandla kanye nedatha phakathi kwezinhlangothi eziphendukayo nezimile zethuluzi zibonise ukuthi zisebenza kanzima futhi kunzima ukuwenza.
Ithuluzi elihambisanayo le-COWVR, i-TEMPEST, liwumphumela wamashumi eminyaka wokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-NASA kubuchwepheshe ukwenza izinto zikagesi zasemkhathini zihlangane kakhudlwana.Maphakathi nawo-2010, unjiniyela we-JPL u-Sharmila Padmanabhan waqala ukucabanga ngokuthi yiziphi izinjongo zesayensi ezingafinyelelwa ngokubeka izinzwa ezihlangene ku-CubeSats, amasathelayithi amancane kakhulu avame ukusetshenziselwa ukuhlola imiqondo emisha yedizayini eshibhile.
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Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-21-2024