CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SCIAMACHY
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Full Name
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Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA , DLR
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Maturity
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High Heritage - Operational
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric chemistry 
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Geometry
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Steerable viewing
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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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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures middle atmosphere temperature. Provides tropospheric and stratospheric profiles of O2, O3, O4, CO, N2O, NO2, CO2, CH4, H2O, and tropospheric and stratospheric profiles of aerosols and cloud altitude.
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Resolution Summary
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Limb vertical 3 x 132 km, Nadir horizontal 32 x 215 km
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Swath Summary
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Limb and nadir mode: 1000 km (max)
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Accuracy Summary
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Radiometric: <4%
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Waveband Summary
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UV - SWIR: 240 - 314 nm, 309 - 405 nm, 394 - 620 nm, 604 - 805 nm, 785 - 1050 nm, 1000 - 1750 nm, 1940 - 2040 nm and 2265 - 2380 nm
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| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| 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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