CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- Spectrometer (OCO-2)
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Full Name
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Spectrometer (OCO-2)
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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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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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF-5, NetCDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Global measurements of atmospheric CO2 and SIF needed to describe the variability of CO2 sources and sinks.
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Resolution Summary
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2.25 km downtrack, variable cross-track [Best Resolution: 2250m]
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Swath Summary
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Varies from 0.1 km at the sub-solar latitude to 10.6 km at terminators [Max Swath: 10 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Provide the data needed to yield single sounding estimates of XCO2 with one sigma errors of <= 2 ppm
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Waveband Summary
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0.76 µm, 1.61 µm, 2.06 µm
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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