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Polarimeter for measuring aerosol optical properties, clouds and aerosol types.

Full Name

Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

NASA, UMD

Maturity

Instrument Type

Multiple direction/polarisation radiometers

Geometry

Nadir-viewing

Instrument Technology

Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer

Sampling

Imaging

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

netCDF

Resolution

3.0 km
[Best Resolution: 3000m]

Swath

Wide swath ±47°.

Accuracy

Waveband

440, 550, 670 & 870nm bands

NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

PACE - Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (2024 - 2027)

Category	Parameter
Aerosols	Aerosol effective radius (column/profile)
	Aerosol Single Scattering Albedo
Cloud particle properties and profile	Cloud liquid water (column/profile)
	Cloud ice (column/profile)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud top height

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Aerosols properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records