OBSERVATION

More documents

Recommendations

Info

A-Z table of satellite instruments CEOS agencies are operating or planning 784 satellite instruments (396 distinct instruments, some being repeats) on their Earth observation missions in the 2012 - 2027 period. The table below presents their main characteristics. Please refer to the instruments table in the on-line database for the ability to export or analyse this data in more detail: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumenttable.aspx 21
Instrument & agency (& any partners) Missions Status Type Measurements & applications Technical characteristics 3MI EUMETSAT EPS-SG-a Proposed Instrument TBC. Waveband: Spatial resolution: Swath width: Accuracy: A-DCS4 GOES-13, GOES-14, Operational Data collection Data collection and communication system for receiving and Waveband: UHF GOES-15, JPSS-2, Metop- retransmitting data from ocean and land-based remote observing Spatial resolution: ARGOS-Data Collection System C, NOAA-19 platforms/transponders. Swath width: Accuracy: NOAA AATSR Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer UKSA ABI Advanced Baseline Imager NOAA ACC Accelerometer ESA ACE-FTS Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer CSA ACRIM III Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Envisat Operational Imaging multispectral radiometers temperature, cloud top temperature, cloud cover, aerosols, Measurements of sea surface temperature, land surface (vis/IR) and multiple vegetation, atmospheric water vapour and liquid water content. direction/polarisatio n radiometers GOES-R, GOES-S Swarm Being developed Imaging multispectral radiometers surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea (vis/IR) ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index. Being developed Precision orbit and Measurement of the spacecraft non-gravitational accelerations, space environment linear accelerations range: +/- 2*10-4 m/s2; angular measurement SCISAT-1 Operational Atmospheric chemistry Waveband: VIS - NIR: 0.555 µm, 0.659 µm, 0.865 µm, SWIR: 1.6 µm, MWIR: 3.7 µm, TIR: 10.85 µm, 12 µm Spatial resolution: IR ocean channels: 1 x 1 km, Visible land channels: 1 x 1 km Swath width: 500 km Accuracy: Sea surface temperature:
Page 1 and 2: → THE EARTH OBSERVATION HANDBOOK
Page 3 and 4: Recent & upcoming launches 15 missi
Page 5 and 6: Mission Status Launch Date EOL Date
Page 21: Mission Status Launch Date EOL Date
Page 25 and 26: Instrument & agency (& any partners
Page 41: Instrument & agency (& any partners

OBSERVATION

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?