Photo: Meteor-M weather spacecraft. Vostochny Space Center
Onboard infrared Fourier spectrometer for Earth remote-sensing made by Shvabe holding together with the researchers from Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Keldysh Research Center has been launched to orbit as part of Meteor-M weather satellite. The device controls the state of Earth's atmosphere and helps forecast natural disasters.
The IKFS-2 measures outgoing thermal radiation of Earth’s surface. Data acquired by the device contain not only weather information, but also atmospheric composition data. The IKFS-2 helps improve the accuracy of measurement in meteorology, ecology, climatology and other sciences even today.
“The Fourier spectrometer placed into orbit as part of the weather satellite monitors differential pressure, temperature and humidity, and controls gas concentration in troposphere. This enables meteorologist to forecast weather changes more accurately, including the extreme value domain. In practice, this will help save lives - prepare warning information on oncoming hurricanes, tsunami, tornado and other natural anomalies in advance,” said Oleg Evtushenko, Executive Director of Rostec.
