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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS
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Liquid water and precipitation rate
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Precipitation index (daily cumulative)
Measurement Definition*: Cumulative precipitation over a 24-hour period.
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Instrument Description
Measurement Technology
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ABI
Advanced Baseline Imager
Operational
Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index.
n/a
AIRS
Atmospheric Infra-red Sounder
Operational
High spectral resolution measurement of temperature and humidity profiles in the atmosphere. Long-wave Earth surface emissivity. Cloud diagnostics. Trace gas profiles. Surface temperatures.
Medium-resolution IR spectrometer
* Description adapted from WMO.
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