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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - HyperCube Instrument -
Full Name HyperCube Instrument Status Being developed
Instrument Agencies L3Harris Maturity
Instrument Type Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders Geometry TBD
Instrument Technology High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer Sampling Sounding
Data Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Designed to measure the speed, direction, and elevation of wind in Earth's atmosphere. Contains more vertical layers of wind vector data at fine spatial resolution, resulting in more accurate data than other available solutions.
Resolution Summary 5-10km GSD
[Best Resolution: 10000m]
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary 600 IR Channels
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Atmospheric Humidity FieldsAtmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Water Vapour (upper air) click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
HyperCube™ - Hyperspectral CubeSat (2023 - 2028)
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