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Catalogue of satellite instruments
Introduction
This section contains an alphabetical list of all
instruments on the missions listed in the previous section.
For each instrument the following information is given:
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Instrument name
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Instrument acronym
Full instrument name
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Missions
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A list of missions that the instrument is expected to
fly on
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Type
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Instrument type - using the categories outlined in
section ‘Capabilities of Earth observation
satellites’
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Measurements/applications
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Primary measurements and applications of the
instrument
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Technical characteristics
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Waveband
Spatial resolution
Swath width
Accuracy
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The descriptions of waveband adopt the following conventions
for defining which parts of the spectrum are measured:
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Frequency
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Acronym
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Wavelength range
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Region
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Sub-region
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from
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to
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Ultraviolet
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UV
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~0.01µm
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~0.40µm
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Visible
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VIS
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~0.40µm
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~0.75µm
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Infrared
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Near Infrared
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NIR
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~0.75µm
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~1.3µm
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Short Wave Infrared
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SWIR
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~1.3µm
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~3.0µm
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Mid Wave Infrared
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MWIR
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~3.0µm
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~6.0µm
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Thermal Infrared
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TIR
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~6.0µm
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~15.0µm
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Far Infrared
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FIR
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~15.0µm
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~0.1cm
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Microwave
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MW
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~0.1cm
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~100cm
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Click here to download pdf list of satellite instruments
(alphabetical)
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