Measurements and Applications
Global measurements of atmospheric CO2 needed to describe the variability of CO2 sources and sinks.
Full Name
Spectrometer (OCO)
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric chemistry 
Geometry
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
TBD
Waveband
0.76 µm, 1.61 µm, 2.06 µm
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
OCO - Orbiting Carbon Observatory (2009 - 2009) |