CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- ERS
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Full Name
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Earth Radiative Sensor
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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UVSQ-LATMOS
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Maturity
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Medium Heritage
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Instrument Type
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Earth radiation budget radiometers 
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Geometry
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TBD
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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ERS are sensors based on miniaturized thermopiles (active area of 5 mm × 5 mm, responsivity of ∼ 0.2 μ V per Wm−2 ) designed to measure the heat flux from a 180° field of view angle.
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Resolution Summary
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2500 km per element
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Swath Summary
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2500 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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0.1–3.0 μm & 0.1–100.0 μm
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| 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) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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