CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- OTTER Instrument on SBG-TIR
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Full Name
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Orbiting Terrestrial Thermal Emission Radiometer (OTTER) on SBG-TIR
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , ASI
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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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Cross-track 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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TBD
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Measurements and Applications
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Thermal radiometer to provide information on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, hydrology, weather, climate, and solid Earth.
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Resolution Summary
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60 meters @ nadir
[Best Resolution: 60m]
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Swath Summary
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Cross-track scanning
[Max Swath: 935 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Absolute accuracy of ≤ 1 K and Noise Equivalent delta Temperature (NEdT) of ≤ 0.3 K at 300 K
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Waveband Summary
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TIR bands (8 bands up to ~12 µm)
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| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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