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@ARTICLE{Palchetti:888986,
author = {Palchetti, L. and Brindley, H. and Bantges, R. and Buehler,
S. A. and Camy-Peyret, C. and Carli, B. and Cortesi, U. and
Del Bianco, S. and Di Natale, G. and Dinelli, B. M. and
Feldman, D. and Huang, X. L. and C.-Labonnote, L. and
Libois, Q. and Maestri, T. and Mlynczak, M. G. and Murray,
J. E. and Oetjen, H. and Ridolfi, M. and Riese, M. and
Russell, J. and Saunders, R. and Serio, C.},
title = {{FORUM}: {U}nique {F}ar-{I}nfrared {S}atellite
{O}bservations to {B}etter {U}nderstand {H}ow {E}arth
{R}adiates {E}nergy to {S}pace244},
journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},
volume = {101},
number = {12},
issn = {1520-0477},
address = {Boston, Mass.},
publisher = {ASM},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-05373},
pages = {E2030 - E2046},
year = {2020},
abstract = {The outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) emitted to space is a
fundamental component of the Earth’s energy budget. There
are numerous, entangled physical processes that contribute
to OLR and that are responsible for driving, and responding
to, climate change. Spectrally resolved observations can
disentangle these processes, but technical limitations have
precluded accurate space-based spectral measurements
covering the far infrared (FIR) from 100 to 667 cm−1
(wavelengths between 15 and 100 µm). The Earth’s FIR
spectrum is thus essentially unmeasured even though at least
half of the OLR arises from this spectral range. The region
is strongly influenced by
upper-tropospheric–lower-stratospheric water vapor,
temperature lapse rate, ice cloud distribution, and
microphysics, all critical parameters in the climate system
that are highly variable and still poorly observed and
understood. To cover this uncharted territory in Earth
observations, the Far-Infrared Outgoing Radiation
Understanding and Monitoring (FORUM) mission has recently
been selected as ESA’s ninth Earth Explorer mission for
launch in 2026. The primary goal of FORUM is to measure,
with high absolute accuracy, the FIR component of the
spectrally resolved OLR for the first time with high
spectral resolution and radiometric accuracy. The mission
will provide a benchmark dataset of global observations
which will significantly enhance our understanding of key
forcing and feedback processes of the Earth’s atmosphere
to enable more stringent evaluation of climate models. This
paper describes the motivation for the mission, highlighting
the scientific advances that are expected from the new
measurements.},
cin = {IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {244 - Composition and dynamics of the upper troposphere and
middle atmosphere (POF3-244)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-244},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000627585400001},
doi = {10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0322.1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/888986},
}