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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SSM
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Full Name
Special Sensor Magnetometer
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
NOAA
, DoD (USA)
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Magnetic field
Geometry
Conical scanning
Instrument Technology
Magnetometer
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Binary, NetCDF
Measurements and Applications
Measures geomagnetic fluctuations associated with solar geophysical phenomena. With SSIES and SSJ provides heating and electron density profiles in the ionosphere.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
Magnetic field (vector)
Magnetic field (scalar)
Instrument Missions
DMSP F-12 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-12 (1994 - 2004)
DMSP F-13 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-13 (1995 - 2015)
DMSP F-14 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-14 (1997 - 2020)
DMSP F-15 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-15 (1999 - 2019)
DMSP F-16 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-16 (2003 - 2023)
DMSP F-17 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-17 (2006 - 2025)
DMSP F-18 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 (2009 - 2025)
DMSP F-19 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-19 (2014 - 2016)
DMSP F-20 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-20 (2020 - 2025)
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