Measurements and Applications
Profiles of ozone, water vapour, NO2, OCIO, aerosols, temperature and pressure.
Full Name
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-III
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry 
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Resolution
1 - 2 km vertical resolution
Accuracy
Temperature: 2 K, Ozone: 6%, Humidity: 3 - 10%, Aerosol and trace gases: 5 - 10%
Waveband
UV - NIR: 0.29 - 1.55 µm (9 channels)
| 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) |
Meteor-3M - Meteor-3M (2001 - 2006) |