CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- LRI
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Full Name
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Laser Ranging Instrument
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , DLR , GFZ
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Gravity instruments 
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Geometry
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TBD
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Instrument Technology
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Satellite-to-satellite ranging system
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Data Format
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GeoTIFF, ASCII and netCDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Inter-satellite ranging measurement to picometer level to be used to estimates for global models of the mean and time variable Earth gravity field.
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Resolution Summary
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TBD - Tech demo for GRACE-FO, Class C Instrument for MC P1
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Swath Summary
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N/A
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Accuracy Summary
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TBD
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Waveband Summary
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Wavelength - 1.064 x 10-6 m
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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