CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SSM
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Full Name
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Special Sensor Magnetometer
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NOAA , DoD (USA)
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Maturity
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High Heritage - Operational
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Instrument Type
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Magnetic field 
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Geometry
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Conical scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Magnetometer
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Binary, NetCDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures geomagnetic fluctuations associated with solar geophysical phenomena. With SSIES and SSJ provides heating and electron density profiles in the ionosphere.
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Resolution Summary
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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