CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- ABI
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Full Name
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Advanced Baseline Imager
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NOAA
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Maturity
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Medium Heritage
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF-4
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Measurements and Applications
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Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index.
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Resolution Summary
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0.5 km in 0.64 µm band; 2.0 km in long wave IR and in the 1.378 µm band; 1.0 km in all others
[Best Resolution: 500m]
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Varies by product
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Waveband Summary
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16 bands in VIS, NIR and IR ranging from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| 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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