Measurements and Applications
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.
Full Name
Sounding of the Atmosphere usingBroadband Emission Radiometry
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
and Atmospheric chemistry
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Limb-scanning IR spectrometer
Sampling
TBD
Resolution
2 km vertical resolution
Waveband
NIR - FIR: 1.27 - 17 µm (10 channels)
| 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) |
TIMED - Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics mission (2001 - 2010) |