ACGS Instrument

Measurements and Applications

CO2 monitoring.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Atmospheric Carbon dioxide Grating Spectrometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF 5.0

Performance Summary

Resolution
2 X 2 km
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
Swath
20 km
Accuracy
XCO2: Better than 4 ppm
Waveband
0.758-0.778 um, 1.594-1.624 um, 2.042-2.082 um
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)

Instrument Missions

TanSat - The Global Carbon Dioxide Observation Satellite (2016 - 2020)

Instrument Measurements