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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
Advanced Baseline Imager
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
NOAA
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF-4
Measurements and Applications
Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index.
Resolution Summary
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]
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Varies by product
Waveband Summary
16 bands in VIS, NIR and IR ranging from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
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)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Aerosols
Aerosol optical depth (TC)
Volcanic ash
Atmospheric Winds
Wind profile (horizontal)
Cloud particle properties and profile
Cloud liquid water (TC)
Precipitation Profile (liquid or solid)
Cloud ice content (at cloud top)
Cloud drop effective radius
Cloud optical depth
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
Cloud imagery
Cloud type
Cloud cover
Cloud top height
Cloud top temperature
Liquid water and precipitation rate
Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Precipitation index (daily cumulative)
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
Fire fractional cover
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Radiation budget
Downwelling (Incoming) solar radiation at TOA
Downward short-wave irradiance at Earth surface
Downward long-wave irradiance at Earth surface
Surface temperature (land)
Land surface temperature
Fire temperature
Surface temperature (ocean)
Sea surface temperature
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Aerosols properties
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Cloud Properties
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Earth Radiation Budget
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Fire
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Land Surface Temperature
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Ocean Colour
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search ECV Inventory records
Precipitation
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search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature
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click here
search ECV Inventory records
Wind speed and direction (upper-air)
click here
click here
search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
GOES-16 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (2016 - 2034)
GOES-17 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 17 (2018 - 2028)
GOES-18 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 18 (2022 - 2035)
GOES-U - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - U (2023 - 2034)
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