CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMI
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Full Name
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Advanced Meteorological Imager
aka AMI
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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KMA , KARI , L3Harris
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Maturity
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High Heritage - Operational
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Earth disk scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF, LRIT, HRIT, UHRIT
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Measurements and Applications
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Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of land/sea surface temperature and cloud coverage.
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Resolution Summary
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VIS & NIR: 0.5km, 1 km,
SWIR, MWIR, TIR: 2 km
[Best Resolution: 500m]
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Swath Summary
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Full Earth disk
[Max Swath: 22000 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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16 bands covering 1: VIS, 0.55 - 0.80 µm; 2: SWIR: 3.50 - 4.00 µm; 3: WV (Waver Vapour): 6.50 - 7.00 µm; 4: TIR1 (Thermal Infrared 1): 10.3 - 11.3 µm, 5: TIR2 (Thermal Infrared 2): 11.5 - 12.5 µm
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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