CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Superconducting Submillimeter-Wave Limb-Emission Sounder
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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JAXA , NICT
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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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Limb-scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Limb-scanning MW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Constrained Access
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Data Format
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HDF5
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Measurements and Applications
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High-sensitivity observation of stratospheric minor gases related to ozone depletion.
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Resolution Summary
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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O3: less than 5% (15 - 60 km), 1% (~30 km) HCl: less than 10% (15 - 50%) ClO: less than 30% (25 - 50 km)
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Waveband Summary
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624.32 - 625.52GHz, 625.12 - 626.32GHz, 649.12 - 650.32GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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