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Instrument & agency (& any
partners)
FCI
Flexible Combined Imager
EUMETSAT (ESA)
Missions Status Type Measurements & applications Technical characteristics
MTG-I1 (imaging), MTG-
I2 (imaging), MTG-I3
(imaging), MTG-I4
(imaging)
Being developed Imaging multispectral
height, precipitation, cloud motion,
Measurements of cloud cover, cloud top
radiometers (vis/IR) vegetation, radiation fluxes, convection, air
mass analysis, cirrus cloud discrimination,
tropopause monitoring, stability monitoring,
total ozone and sea surface temparature
Waveband: VIS0.4=0.414-0.474 µm, VIS0.5=0.49-
0.53 µm, VIS0.6=0.615-0.665 µm, VIS0.8=0.84-0.89
µm, VIS0.9=0.904-0.924 µm, NIR1.3=1.365-1.395
µm, NIR1.6=1.585-1.635 µm, NIR2.2=2.225-2.275
µm, IR3.8=3.6-4 µm, WV6.3=5.8-6.8 µm, WV7.3=7.1-
7.6 µm, IR8.7=8.5-8.9 µm, IR9.7=9.51-9.81 µm,
IR10.5=10.15-10.85 µm, IR12.3=12.05-12.55 µm,
IR13.3=13-13.6 µm (measured at FWHM)
Spatial resolution: VIS0.4=1.0 km, VIS0.5=1.0 km,
VIS0.6=1.0 km, & 0.5 km, VIS0.8=1.0 km,
VIS0.9=1.0 km, NIR1.3=1.0 km, NIR1.6=1.0 km,
NIR2.2=1.0 km, & 0.5 km, IR3.8=2.0 km, & 1.0 km,
WV6.3=2.0 km, WV7.3=2.0 km, IR8.7=2.0 km,
IR9.7=2.0 km, IR10.5=2.0 km, & 1.0 km, IR12.3=2.0
km, IR13.3=2.0 km (spatial sampling distance at
SSP)
Swath width: 200 km swath moved alternatlly W-E
and E-W, moving up S-N a swath width at the end of
each swath. Full Disc Coverage (FDC) or Local Area
Coverage (LAC) possible.
Accuracy: Cloud cover: 10%, Cloud top height: 1 km,
Cloud top temparature: 1 K, Cloud type: 8 classes,
Surface temparature: 0.7-2.0K, Specific humidity
profile: 10%, Wind profile (horizontal component): 2 -
10 m/s, Long wave Earth surface radiation: 5 W/m2
GEMS
Geostationary Environmental
Monitoring Spectrometer
KARI
GeoSTAR
MW Array Spectrometer (PATH)
NASA
Geoton-L1
ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET)
GERB
Geostationary Earth Radiation
Budget
EUMETSAT (ESA)
GGAK-E
Module for Geophysical
Measurements
ROSHYDROMET (ROSKOSMOS)
GGAK-M
Module for Geophysical
Measurements (SEM)
ROSHYDROMET (ROSKOSMOS)
GLM
GEO Lightning Mapper
NOAA
GMI
GPM Microwave Imager
NASA
GOCI
Geostationary Ocean Colour
Imager
KARI
GOES Comms
Communications package on
GOES
NOAA
GOLPE
GPS Occultation and Passive
reflection Experiment
NASA (CONAE)
GOME
Global Ozone Monitoring
Experiment
ESA
GOME-2
Global Ozone Monitoring
Experiment - 2
EUMETSAT (ESA)
COMS-2B Proposed Atmospheric
chemistry
PATH Proposed Imaging multispectral
radiometers
(passive
microwave)
Resurs DK 1, Resurs P
N1, Resurs P N2
Operational
Meteosat-10, Meteosat- Operational
11, Meteosat-8, Meteosat-
9
Elektro-L N1, Elektro-L
N2, Elektro-L N3
Meteor-M N1, Meteor-M
N2
Prototype
Operational
High resolution
optical imagers
Measurements of atmospheric chemistry,
precursors of aerosols and ozone in
particular, in high temporal and spatial
resolution over Asia
High frequency, all-weather temperature and
humidity soundings for weather forecasting
and SST
Multispectral images of land surfaces
Earth radiation Measures long and short wave radiation
budget radiometers emitted and reflected from the Earth's
surface, clouds and top of atmosphere. Full
Earth disk, all channels in 5 mins
Space environment
and magnetic field
Space environment
and magnetic field
Monitoring and forecasting of solar activity,
of radiation and magnetic field in the near-
Earth space, monitoring of natural and
modified magnetosophere, ionosphere and
upper atmosphere
Space Environmental Monitoring (SEM)
GOES-R, GOES-S Being developed Lightning imager Detect total lightning flash rate over near full
disk
GPM Constellation, GPM
Core
COMS
GOES-11, GOES-12,
GOES-13, GOES-14,
GOES-15
Being developed Imaging multispectral
radiometers
(passive
microwave)
Being developed Ocean colour
instruments
Waveband: UV/VIS : 0.3 - 0.5 µm
Spatial resolution: 5km x 15km
Swath width:
Accuracy:
Waveband: 50 - 57 GHz, 165 - 183 GHz, and
possibly 118 - 125 GHz
Spatial resolution: Temporal resolution is 15 to 30
minutes; 25 - 50 km at nadir
Swath width: Temporal resolution is 15 to 30 minutes;
25 - 50 km at nadir
Accuracy: