THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles, precipitation, sea-level wind speed, snow/ice coverage.

Full Name

Scanning microwave imager-sounder

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

ROSKOSMOS, ROSHYDROMET

Maturity

High Heritage - Operational

Instrument Type

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave)

Geometry

TBD

Instrument Technology

Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Constrained Access

Data Format

Resolution

10000 - 100000 m
[Best Resolution: 10000m]

Swath

1500 km
[Max Swath: 1500 km]

Accuracy

Waveband

18.7 - 183.3 GHz, 26 channels

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

Meteor-3M - Meteor-3M (2001 - 2006)

Meteor-M N1 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N1 (2009 - 2014)

Meteor-M N2 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2 (2014 - 2019)

Meteor-M N2-1 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-1 (2017 - 2017)

Meteor-M N2-2 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-2 (2019 - 2025)

Meteor-M N2-3 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-3 (2023 - 2028)

Meteor-M N2-4 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-4 (2024 - 2028)

Meteor-M N2-5 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-5 (2025 - 2030)

Meteor-M N2-6 - Meteorological Satellite Meteor-M N2-6 (2026 - 2031)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Cloud Properties	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Land Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Precipitation	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Temperature (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Water Vapour (upper air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Humidity Fields	Atmospheric specific humidity (LT)
Atmospheric Temperature Fields	Atmospheric temperature (LT, HT, LS)
	Height of tropopause
Cloud particle properties and profile	Cloud liquid water (column/profile)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	Cloud type
Liquid water and precipitation rate	Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Ocean surface winds	Wind speed over sea surface (horizontal)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover
Surface temperature (land)	Land surface temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature