THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Limb-viewing measurements of O3, N2O, temperature, water vapour, CO, HNO3, ClO, and volcanic SO2 in the.

Full Name

Microwave limb sounder (GACM)

Status

No longer considered

Instrument Agencies

NASA

Maturity

High Heritage - Non-Operational

Instrument Type

Atmospheric chemistry

Geometry

Limb-scanning

Instrument Technology

Limb-scanning MW spectrometer

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

GACM - Global Atmospheric Composition Mission (2030 - 2033)

Category	Parameter
Aerosols	Aerosol optical depth (column/profile)
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (column/profile)
Ozone	O3 Mole Fraction
Trace gases (excluding ozone)	CO Mole Fraction
	N2O (column/profile)
	HNO3 (column/profile)
	ClO (column/profile)
	SO2 Mole Fraction

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Aerosols properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Ozone	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Precursors (supporting the Aerosol and Ozone ECVs)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records