WINDII Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Day and night wind measurements between 80 and 300 km altitude. Measures atmospheric temperature and concentration of emitting species.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
WINDII
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
Swath
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

UARS - Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (1991 - 2005)

Instrument Measurements