CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SABER
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Full Name
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Sounding of the Atmosphere usingBroadband Emission Radiometry
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Status
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No longer considered
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders  and Atmospheric chemistry
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Limb-scanning IR spectrometer
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Sampling
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TBD
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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SABER provides measurements of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere globally to support investigations into the fundamental processes governing the energetics, chemistry, dynamics, and transport of the atmospheric region extending from 60 to 180 km.
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Resolution Summary
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2 km vertical resolution
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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NIR - FIR: 1.27 - 17 µm (10 channels)
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| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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