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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SAGE I
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Full Name
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment I instrument
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
NASA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Sounding
Data Access
Data Format
Measurements and Applications
Profiles of ozone, water vapour, NO2, OCIO, aerosols, temperature and pressure.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Aerosols
Aerosol Extinction / Backscatter (column/profile)
Aerosol absorption optical depth (column/profile)
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
Atmospheric specific humidity (LT)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
Atmospheric temperature (LT)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
Cloud top height
Ozone
O3 Mole Fraction
Trace gases (excluding ozone)
NO2 Mole Fraction
BrO (LT)
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Aerosols properties
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search ECV Inventory records
Ozone
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search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)
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click here
search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)
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click here
search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
SAGE/AEM-2 - Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment Applications Explorer Mission 2 (1979 - 1981)
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