CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- WALES
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Full Name
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Water vApour Lidar Experiment in Space
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Status
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No longer considered
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Lidars 
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Geometry
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Instrument Technology
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Atmospheric lidar
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Accurate profiles of water vapour globally and at high vertical resolution, with the horizontal resolution expected for global atmospheric models.
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Resolution Summary
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Typically 100 km sampling
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Swath Summary
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1 - 2 km vertical sampling
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Accuracy Summary
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< 5 % systematic error
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Waveband Summary
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NIR: 935 nm range
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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