GAS-2 Instrument

Identifiergas-2-cnsaNamesGreenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2GAS-2 About identifiers

Measurements and Applications

Measurement of CO2, CH4, CO

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
NSMC-CMA, CNSA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
L-1 data: HDF 5.0

Performance Summary

Resolution
3km s.s.p.
[Best Resolution: 3000m]
Swath
cross-track: 36 samples at 3km resolution,100km swath. along-track: 3km every 400ms
[Max Swath: 100 km]
Accuracy
0.05
Waveband
0.75-0.77 μm,1.59-1.62 μm,2.04-2.08 μm,2.27-2.32 μm
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)

Instrument Missions

FY-3H - FY-3H Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2025 - 2033) fy-3h_gas-2-cnsa
DQ-2 - Daqi-2 (2026 - 2033) dq-2_gas-2-cnsa

Instrument Measurements