CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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CSA , NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric chemistry 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF4
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurements of CO in the troposphere, running 24/7, 365d of the year.
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Resolution Summary
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CO profile: 4 km vertical, 22 x 22 km horizontal, CO, CH4 column: 22 x 22 km horizontal
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Swath Summary
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616 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Carbon monoxide (4 km layers): 10%
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Waveband Summary
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SWIR-MWIR: 2.3 µm, 2.4 µm and 4.7 µm
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| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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