CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- PCW PHEOS - Atmospheric
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Full Name
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Polar Highly Elliptical Orbit Science Weather, Climate & Air Quality Mission
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Status
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No longer considered
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Instrument Agencies
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CSA , ECCC
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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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Earth disk scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer
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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 or HDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Complement PCW operational numerical weather prediction. Will also collect information about atmospheric gaseous and aerosol composition to better understand transport and climate processes.
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Resolution Summary
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10 x 10 km
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Swath Summary
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Field of View is 560 x 560km. Field of Regard is 3024 x 3530 km.
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Accuracy Summary
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Cal/Val requirements currently being developed
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Waveband Summary
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4 non-continuous bands from 0.758 - 14.3 um at a spectral sampling of 0.25 cm-1.
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| 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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| Category | Parameter |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | Atmospheric specific humidity (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC)   |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS, HS&M) |
| Atmospheric pressure (over land surface) |
| Atmospheric pressure (over sea surface) |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | Cloud type |
| Ozone | O3 Mole Fraction |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | CH4 Mole Fraction |
| CO2 Mole Fraction |
| CO Mole Fraction |
| NO2 Mole Fraction |
| HNO3 (LS) |
| BrO (LT, HT, LS, TC) |
| PAN (LT) |
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Instrument Missions
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