The PONEX (Polar Night Experiment) module is in collaboration with the PONEX Aircraft Campaign for the Atmospheric Observing System Satellite Mission and Environment and Climate Change Canada.
PONEX is a surface and aircraft campaign designed to explore atmospheric physics and chemistry in the Canadian Arctic in polar night and polar sunrise conditions. The campaign will conduct satellite calibration/validation experiments for two satellite missions and improve Canadian numerical weather prediction (NWP) models. This is the first experiment of its kind.
PONEX is designed to serve the AOS-HAWC (launch: ~2033) Sub-Orbital component. PONEX also serves the European Space Agency’s EarthCARE mission (launched May 2024) with regard to calibration/validation of the satellite’s sensors. The entire campaign is funded by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) with contributions from ESA.
For more information, please visit the PONEX website.
A series of classroom experiments were designed by Environment and Climate Change Canada to complement the PONEX mission and help explain some of the scientific principles behind the data gathering.
