CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SAGE III
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Full Name
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Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-III
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA , ROSKOSMOS
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Maturity
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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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Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Profiles of ozone, water vapour, NO2, OCIO, aerosols, temperature and pressure.
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Resolution Summary
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1 - 2 km vertical resolution
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Temperature: 2 K, Ozone: 6%, Humidity: 3 - 10%, Aerosol and trace gases: 5 - 10%
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Waveband Summary
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UV - NIR: 0.29 - 1.55 µm (9 channels)
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| 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) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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