THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

All-weather night-day temperature sounding

Full Name

Microwave Sounder

Status

Being developed

Instrument Agencies

EUMETSAT, ESA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders

Geometry

Cross-track scanning

Instrument Technology

Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

NetCDF-4

Resolution

Footprint size 17 - 40 km

Swath

1700km

Accuracy

Waveband

24 channels from 23.8 to 229 GHz

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

METOP-SG A1 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 1 (2025 - 2034)

METOP-SG A2 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 2 (2033 - 2042)

METOP-SG A3 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 3 (2039 - 2047)

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (LT, HT, TC)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS)
Cloud particle properties and profile	Precipitation Profile (liquid or solid)
Liquid water and precipitation rate	Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Ocean surface winds	Wind speed over sea surface (horizontal)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Precipitation	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice	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