CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- Microcarb
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Full Name
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Microcarb
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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CNES , UKSA
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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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Push-broom scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High-resolution nadir-scanning SW 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 (L2, L3, L4), HDF (L1)
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Measurements and Applications
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Measurement of CO2 concentration using CO2 absorption bands at 1607nm and 2046nm
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Resolution Summary
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3 FOV size 4,5 km (ACT) x 8.9 km (ALT) simultaneously acquired
[Best Resolution: 4500m]
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Swath Summary
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13km with 3 contigous pixels of 4.5x8.9km, up to > 25km in Glint mode
[Max Swath: 13 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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CO2 concentrations: bias < 0,1 ppm (objective), < 0.2 ppm (threshold) , random< 0.5 ppm (objective), 1.5 ppm (threshold) (values extracted from the mission specification)
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Waveband Summary
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B1 (O2): 763.5 nm BW : 10.5nm; B2 ( CO2): 1608 nm BW : 22.2nm; B3 ( CO2): 2037 nm BW: 28.1 nm; B4(O2): 1273.4 nm BW: 17.6 nm
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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