CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Multi-Angular Multi-band Polarimeter
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA , EUMETSAT , COM
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric chemistry 
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Geometry
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Push-broom scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer
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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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Measurements and Applications
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Multi-angle polarimeter for supporting the CO2 and CH4 retrieval allowing to accurately estimate the effective light path effects of aerosol. Relatively high spatial resolution and accurate aerosol information will be operationally delivered.
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Resolution Summary
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4 km
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Swath Summary
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300km
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Accuracy Summary
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DoLP systematic error < 0.0025
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Waveband Summary
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TOA radiances in 6 narrow filter bands (410-865nm)
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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