Measurements and Applications
Measures profiles of water vapour concentration in the upper troposphere and stratosphere in limb viewing geometry using scattered sunlight in the near-infrared.
Full Name
Spatial Heterodyne Observations of Water
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers 
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
0.13 km vertical resolution
Waveband
1362.00 – 1368.32 nm wavelength range
HAWCSat - High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds sa (2031 - 2036) |