Measurements and Applications
Measures long and short wave radiation emitted and reflected from the Earth's surface, clouds and top of atmosphere. Full Earth disk, all channels in 5 minutes.
Full Name
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Earth radiation budget radiometers 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Broad-band radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
native, HDF
Resolution
44.6 x 39.3 km
Swath
Single column moved alternately W-E and E-W to cover the complete earth disc
Accuracy
SW=1.2 Wm-2, LW=7.5 Wm-2
Waveband
SW: 0.32 - 4.0 µm, LW 4.0 - 30 µm (by subtraction)
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| 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) |
| FIR (~15.0 µm - ~0.1 cm) |
Meteosat-8 - Meteosat Second Generation-1 (2002 - 2022) |
Meteosat-9 - Meteosat Second Generation-2 (2005 - 2027) |
| Meteosat-10 - Meteosat Second Generation-3 (2012 - 2030) |
| Meteosat-11 - Meteosat Second Generation-4 (2015 - 2033) |