CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- ACGS
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Full Name
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Atmospheric
Carbon dioxide Grating Spectrometer
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NSMC-CMA , NRSCC
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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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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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HDF 5.0
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Measurements and Applications
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CO2 monitoring.
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Resolution Summary
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2 X 2 km
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
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Swath Summary
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20 km
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Accuracy Summary
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XCO2: Better than 4 ppm
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Waveband Summary
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0.758-0.778 um, 1.594-1.624 um, 2.042-2.082 um
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| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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