THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

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Atmospheric soundings and data on atmospheric stability and thermal gradient winds.

Full Name

Sounder

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

NOAA

Maturity

High Heritage - Non-Operational

Instrument Type

Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders

Geometry

Earth disk scanning

Instrument Technology

Narrow-band channel IR radiometer

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

NetCDF, RAW, GIF, JPEG, etc.

Resolution

10 km
[Best Resolution: 10000m]

Swath

Horizon to horizon

Accuracy

Waveband

VIS - TIR: 19 channels

VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)

GOES-8 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 8 (1994 - 2003) goes-8_sounder

GOES-9 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 9 (1995 - 2005) goes-9_sounder

GOES-10 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 10 (1997 - 2006) goes-10_sounder

GOES-11 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 11 (2000 - 2011) goes-11_sounder

GOES-12 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 12 (2001 - 2013) goes-12_sounder

EWS-G1 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 1 (2006 - 2023) ews-g1_sounder

EWS-G3 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 3 (2009 - 2029) goes-14_sounder

EWS-G2 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 2 (2010 - 2028) ews-g2_sounder

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Aerosols properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Ozone	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Precipitation	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records

Category	Parameter
Aerosols	Aerosol Extinction / Backscatter (TC)
	Aerosol effective radius (column/profile)
	Aerosol absorption optical depth (TC)
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (LT, HT, TC)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS, TC)
	Atmospheric stability index
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud cover
	Cloud top height
Liquid water and precipitation rate	Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Ozone	O3 Mole Fraction
Surface temperature (land)	Land surface temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature