Dynamic targeting (DT) is an emerging concept in which data from a lookahead instrument are used to intelligently reconfigure and point a primary instrument to enhance science return. For example, in the smart ice hunting radar (Smart Ice Cloud Sensing project), a forward-looking radiometer is used to detect deep convective ice storms, which are then targeted using a radar. In other concepts, forward-looking sensors are used to detect clouds so that a primary sensor can avoid them. To this end, we have developed several algorithms from operations research and an artificial intelligence/heuristic search to point/reconfigure the dynamic instrument. We present simulation studies of DT for these concepts and benchmark these algorithms to show that DT is a powerful tool with the potential to significantly improve instrument science yield.


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    Title :

    Dynamic Targeting to Improve Earth Science Missions


    Contributors:

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    Publication date :

    2023-09-20


    Size :

    11 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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