THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Full Name

GeoXO Sounder

Status

Being developed

Instrument Agencies

NOAA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders

Geometry

Earth disk scanning

Instrument Technology

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

Resolution

4 km
[Best Resolution: 4000m]

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

GeoXO-2 - Geostationary Extended Observations - 2 (2033 - 2041)

GeoXO-4 - Geostationary Extended Observations - 4 (2042 - 2055)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Earth Radiation Budget	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Wind speed and direction (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (column/profile)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (column/profile)
	Atmospheric stability index
Atmospheric Winds	Wind profile (horizontal)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud top height
	Cloud top temperature
Radiation budget	Upward long-wave irradiance at TOA
Surface temperature (land)	Land surface temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature
Trace gases (excluding ozone)	HNO3 (column/profile)
	HNO3 Mole Fraction
	NH3 Total Column