CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - OSIRIS -
Full Name Optical Spectrograph and Infra-Red Imaging System Status Operational
Instrument Agencies CSA, SNSA Maturity
Instrument Type Atmospheric chemistry Geometry Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology Limb-scanning SW spectrometer Sampling Sounding
Data Access Open Access Data Format HDF-EOS
Measurements and Applications Detects aerosol layers and abundance of species such as O3, NO2, OClO, BrO and NO. Consists of spectrograph and IR imager.
Resolution Summary Spectrograph 1 km at limb, Imager 1 km in vertical
Swath Summary N/A, but measures in the altitude range 5 - 100 km
Accuracy Summary Depends on species. Ozone meets requirements for trend analysis
Waveband Summary Spectrograph: UV - NIR: 0.28 - 0.80 µm; IR Imager: NIR: 1.26 µm, 1.27 µm, 1.52 µm
UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
AerosolsAerosol Extinction / Backscatter (LS)
Aerosol absorption optical depth (HT, LS)
Atmospheric Temperature FieldsAtmospheric temperature (LS, HS&M)
OzoneO3 Mole Fraction
Trace gases (excluding ozone)NO2 Mole Fraction
BrO (HT, LS, HS&M)
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Aerosols properties click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Ozone click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air) click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
Odin - Odin (2001 - 2024)