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The instrument is a wide-field imaging spectrometer operated in the 4.05\u20135.75 \u03bcm range, with the spectral resolution, sampling, radiometric sensitivity, and stability needed to provide temperature and water vapor soundings of the atmosphere, with 1 km vertical resolution in the troposphere-comparable to those of NASA\u2019s atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS). These instruments have much higher spatial resolution (&lt;3 km at nadir) and finer spatial sampling than current hyperspectral sounders, allowing a sequence of such observations from several micro-satellites in an orbital plane with short time separation, from which atmospheric motion vector (AMV) winds are derived. AMVs for both cloud-motion and water vapor-motion, derived from hyperspectral imagery, will have improved velocity resolution relative to AMVs obtained from multi-spectral instruments operating in GEO. MISTiC\u2019s extraordinarily small size, low mass (&lt;15 kg), and minimal cooling requirements can be accommodated aboard an ESPA-class microsatellite. Low fabrication and launch costs enable this constellation to provide more frequent atmospheric observations than current-generation sounders provide, at much lower mission cost. Key technology and observation method risks have been reduced through recent laboratory and airborne (NASA ER2) testing funded under NASA\u2019s Instrument Incubator Program and BAE Systems IR&amp;D, and through an observing system simulation experiment performed by NASA GMAO. This approach would provide a valuable new capability for the study of the processes driving high-impact weather events, and critical high-resolution observations needed for future numerical weather prediction.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11182169","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,18]],"date-time":"2019-09-18T11:01:15Z","timestamp":1568804475000},"page":"2169","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Concept Development and Risk Reduction for MISTiC Winds, A Micro-Satellite Constellation Approach for Vertically Resolved Wind and IR Sounding Observations in the Troposphere"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Kevin","family":"Maschhoff","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"BAE Systems, P.O. Box 868, Nashua, NH 03061, USA"}]},{"given":"John","family":"Polizotti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"BAE Systems, P.O. 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