| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
ABI
Advanced Baseline Imager | NOAA | Current: GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18
Future: GOES-U
Complete: - | Operational | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index. |
| Waveband: | 16 bands in VIS, NIR and IR ranging from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.5 km in 0.64 µm band; 2.0 km in long wave IR and in the 1.378 µm band; 1.0 km in all others
Best resolution: 500 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | Varies by product |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF-4 |
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ACC
Accelerometer | ESA | Current: Swarm
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Precision orbit and space environment | Measurement of the spacecraft non-gravitational accelerations, linear accelerations range: +/- 2*10-4 m/s2; angular measurement range: +/- 9.6* 10-3 rad/s2; measurement bandwidth: 10-4 to 10-2 Hz; Linear resolution: 1.8*10-10 m/s2; angular resolution: 8*10-9 rad/s2. |
| Waveband: | N/A
N/A |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.1 nm/s2 |
| Swath width: | N/A |
| Accuracy: | overall instrument random error: <10 - 8 m/s2 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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ACE-FTS
Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer | CSA | Current: SCISAT-1
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measure and understand the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, especially at high altitudes. |
| Waveband: | SWIR - TIR: 2 - 5.5 µm, 5.5 - 13 µm (0.02 cm-1 resolution)
SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | Depends on species, meets requirements for climate variables |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | ASCII, HDF, NetCDF |
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A-DCS3
Argos Advanced Data Collection System3 | CNES (NASA) (NOAA) | Current: NOAA-19, Metop-B, Metop-C
Future: -
Complete: Metop-A, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-13, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, SARAL | Operational | Data collection | Location data by Doppler measurements.
Metop-B only providing an ARGOS-2 service since commissioning in 2012 due to satellite cabling problem. |
| Waveband: | UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
MW |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF, TESAC, BUFR |
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A-DCS4
A-DCS4 | CNES, NOAA (EUMETSAT) (ISRO) | Current: NOAA-19, OCEANSAT-3
Future: METOP-SG B1, METOP-SG B2, GOES-14, GOES-15, EWS-G1
Complete: - | Operational | Data collection | Data collection and communication system for receiving and retransmitting data from ocean and land-based remote observing platforms/transponders. |
| Waveband: | UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
MW |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF-4, TESAC, BUFR |
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Advanced GOCI
Advanced Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager | KARI, KIOST (ADS) | Current: GEO-KOMPSAT-2B
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Ocean colour instruments | Ocean colour information, coastal zone monitoring, land resources monitoring. |
| Waveband: | VIS - NIR: 0.40 - 0.88 µm (12 channels)
VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 236 x 360 m
Best resolution: 236 m |
| Swath width: | FOR (Field Of Regard) is 2500km x 2500km, divided into 12 slots. |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF, LRIT, HRIT |
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AEISS
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System | KARI (ASTRIUM) | Current: KOMPSAT-3
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | High resolution optical imagers | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. |
| Waveband: | Panchromatic VIS: 0.50 - 0.90 µm, VIS: 0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm
VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | Pan: 0.7 m, VNIR: 2.8 m
Best resolution: 0.7 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Very Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | GEOTIF |
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AEISS-A
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-A | KARI (ASTRIUM) | Current: KOMPSAT-3A
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | High resolution optical imagers | High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. |
| Waveband: | Panchromatic VIS: 0.50 - 0.90 µm, VIS: 0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm
VIS, NIR, MWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | Pan: 0.7 m, VNIR: 2.8 m, IR: 5.5m
Best resolution: 0.7 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Very Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | GEOTIF |
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AGRI
Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager | NRSCC (NSMC-CMA) (CNSA) (CAST) | Current: FY-4A, FY-4B
Future: FY-4C, FY-4D, FY-4E, FY-4F, FY-4G
Complete: - | Operational | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | A multiple channel radiation imager, one of the primary instruments aboard FY-4. Technically featured by a precisely designed two-mirror structure, capable of accurate and flexible sensing in two dimensions, and minute-level fast sector scanning. Frequent Earth imaging over 14 bands with off-axis three reflections of the primary optic system. On-board black body available for IR calibrations at very short time intervals. |
| Waveband: | 12 channels from 0.55 - 13.8 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.5-1 km VIS, 2 km NIR, 4 km TIR
Best resolution: 500 m |
| Swath width: | Full Earth disk |
| Accuracy: | 0.5 - 4.0 km |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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AHI
Advanced Himawari Imager | JMA | Current: Himawari-8, Himawari-9
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | Measures cloud cover, cloud motion, cloud height, cloud properties, water vapour, rainfalll, sea surface temperatures and Earth radiation, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, snow and ice cover. |
| Waveband: | 16 bands from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.5 km in 0.64 µm band; 1.0km in 0.47 µm, 0.51 µm and 0.86 µm band, 2.0 km in all others
Best resolution: 500 m |
| Swath width: | Full disk, Japan Area (Region 1, 2) : fixed area, Target Area (Region 3) and Landmark Area (Region 4, 5) : flexible area |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | Himawari Standard Data, HRIT Data, LRIT data, NetCDF Data, Color Image Data. See:
https://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/himawari89/space_segment/spsg_sample.html |
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