CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SBUV/2
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Full Name
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Solar Backscattter Ultra-Violet Instrument/2
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NOAA
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Maturity
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High Heritage - Operational
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric chemistry 
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Geometry
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Limb-scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Native
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Measurements and Applications
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Data on trace gases including vertical profile ozone, and solar irradiance and total ozone concentration measurements.
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Resolution Summary
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170 km
[Best Resolution: 170000m]
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Absolute accuracy: 1%
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Waveband Summary
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UV: 0.16 - 0.4 µm (12 channels)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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