CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- IASI-NG
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Full Name
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Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - New Generation
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , CNES
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
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Geometry
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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Medium-resolution IR 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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NetCDF-4 and BUFR
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity, ozone, carbon monoxide, columns of methane, nitrous oxide, and other minor gases, and sea, ice, and land surface temperature and emissivity. Provides information on aeorols and cloud: fractional coverage, phase, cloud top height (input to Polar AMVs) and particle size. Prime applications: NWP, AC/AQ, climate. Secondary applications: NWC, land/ocean surface monitoring. IASI-NG will resume IASI role as internationl standard for satellite inter-calibration (GSICS).
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Resolution Summary
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Vertical: 1 - 30 km, Horizontal: 25 km
[Best Resolution: 25000m]
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Swath Summary
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2052 km
[Max Swath: 2052 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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TBC
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Waveband Summary
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MWIR - TIR: 645 to 2760 cm-1 or 3.62 - 15.5 µm (16921 spectral samples)
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| 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 |
| Aerosols | Volcanic ash |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | Atmospheric specific humidity (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC)   |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS, HS&M) |
| Atmospheric stability index |
| Atmospheric Winds | Wind profile (vertical) |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | Cloud cover |
| Cloud top height |
| Cloud top temperature |
| Cloud top pressure |
| Ozone | O3 Mole Fraction |
| Radiation budget | Upwelling (Outgoing) spectral radiance at TOA |
| Surface temperature (land) | Land surface temperature |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | Sea surface temperature |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | CH4 Mole Fraction |
| CO2 Mole Fraction |
| HNO3 (LT, HT, LS, TC) |
| SO2 Total Column |
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Instrument Missions
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