Measurements and Applications
Top of the atmosphere radiances and radiative flux.
Full Name
BroadBand Radiometer (EarthCARE)
Status
Approved
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Earth radiation budget radiometers 
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Broad-band radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF5
Resolution
10 x 10 km ground pixel size for each of the three views
Accuracy
flux retrieval accuracy 10 Wm-2
Waveband
Shortwave channel: 0.2 - 4 µm, Total channel 0.2 - 50 µm
| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 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) |
| FIR (~15.0 µm - ~0.1 cm) |
EarthCARE - EarthCARE (2024 - 2027) |