CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- TIR
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Full Name
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Thermal Infra Red
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Status
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Approved
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Instrument Agencies
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CNES
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Limb-scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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netcdf
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Measurements and Applications
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1) Ecosystem stress and water use (i.e. monitoring of energy and water budgets of the continental biosphere);2) Urban (i.e. climatology and monitoring of fluxes of urban surfaces); 3) Sea Surface Temperature on approximately 200km coastal band.
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Resolution Summary
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60m
[Best Resolution: 60m]
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Swath Summary
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1000 km
[Max Swath: 1000 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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4 bands (8.6, 9.1, 10.3 and 11.5 µm)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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