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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SXI
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Full Name
Solar X-ray Imager
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
NOAA
, USAF
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Space environment
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Space environment monitor
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF, RAW
Measurements and Applications
Obtains data on structure of solar corona. Full disk imagery also provides warnings of geomagnetic storms, solar flares, and information on active regions of sun and filaments.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Instrument Missions
GOES-12 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 12 (2001 - 2013)
EWS-G1 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 1 (2006 - 2023)
GOES-14 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 14 (2009 - 2030)
GOES-15 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 15 (2010 - 2028)
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