CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation
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Status
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Being developed
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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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Hyperspectral imagers 
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Geometry
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Push-broom scanning
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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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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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Imaging spectroscopy from the visible to short wavelength infrared (VSWIR) to determine surface mineral compostion in the Earth's arid land dust source regions.
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Resolution Summary
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60 m
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Swath Summary
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80 km @ 416km altitude
[Max Swath: 80 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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10% radiometric, 10% spectral, 10% spatial, 10% uniformity
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Waveband Summary
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400 -2500 nm at 7.4 nm sampling
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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