SEM (POES) Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Used for equipment failure analysis, solar flux measurement, solar storm warning, and magnetic and electric field measurement at satellite.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Space Environment Monitor
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Space environment
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Space environment monitor
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Native

Performance Summary

Resolution
Swath
Accuracy
Waveband
Senses and quantifies intensity in the sequentially selected energy bands, with energies ranging from 0.05 - 20 keV. Senses protons, electrons, and ions with energies from 30 keV to levels exceeding 6.9 MeV
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998)
NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001)
GOES-7 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 7 (1987 - 1996)
NOAA-12 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 12 (1991 - 2005)
NOAA-13 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 13 (1993 - 1993)
NOAA-14 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 14 (1994 - 2005)
NOAA-16 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 16 (2000 - 2014)
NOAA-17 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 17 (2002 - 2013)
NOAA-18 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 18 (2005 - 2025)
Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021)
NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2025)
Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2027)
Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027)

Instrument Measurements