CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - CLIM -
Full Name 3-band CLoud Imager Status Being developed
Instrument Agencies COM, EUMETSAT Maturity
Instrument Type Atmospheric chemistry Geometry Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer Sampling Imaging
Data Access Open Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications 3-band cloud pushbroom imager for detecting low and high clouds in the spatial sample of CO2I allowing to remove these data from the retrieval process.
Resolution Summary < 0.4*0.4 km2
Swath Summary 465km
Accuracy Summary SNR >= 200 in the 3 spectral bands
Waveband Summary 3 bands: 670, 752, 1370 nm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperatureCloud cover
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Cloud Properties click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
Sentinel CO2M-A - Copernicus Carbon Dioxide Monitoring - A (2026 - 2033)
Sentinel CO2M-B - Copernicus Carbon Dioxide Monitoring - B (2026 - 2034)
Sentinel CO2M-C - Copernicus Carbon Dioxide Monitoring - C (2027 - 2035)