SHOW Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Provide high spatial resolution measurements of the water vapour distribution in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) region
Full Name
Spatial Heterodyne Observations of Water
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
CSA, NASA, ECCC, USask, UQAM
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
TBD
Resolution
0.13 km vertical resolution
Swath
63 km swath
Accuracy
Waveband
1362.00 – 1368.32 nm wavelength range 
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)

Instrument Missions

HAWCSat - High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds sa (2031 - 2036)

Instrument Measurements