| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
3MI
Multi-Viewing Multi-Channel Multi-Polarisation Imaging | EUMETSAT (ESA) | Current: METOP-SG A1
Future: METOP-SG A2, METOP-SG A3
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measure aerosol parameters, air quality index, surface albedo, cloud information |
| Waveband: | VIS-SWIR: 12 channels between 0.41 µm to 2.1 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 4km |
| Swath width: | 2200x2200 km for the VNIR channels
2200 x 1100 km for the SWIR channels
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| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | net-CDF4 |
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ABI
Advanced Baseline Imager | NOAA | Current: GOES-19, GOES-18, GOES-16, GOES-17
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index. |
| Waveband: | 16 bands in VIS, NIR and IR ranging from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 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: 500 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | Varies by product |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF-4 |
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ABI-5
Advanced Baseline Imager - 5 | NOAA | Current: -
Future: GeoXO-1
Complete: - | Being developed | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | Detects clouds, cloud properties, water vapour, land and sea surface temperatures, dust, aerosols, volcanic ash, fires, total ozone, snow and ice cover, vegetation index. |
| Waveband: | 16 bands in VIS, NIR and IR ranging from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
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| Spatial resolution: | 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: 500 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | Varies by product |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF-4 |
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ACC
Accelerometer | ESA | Current: Swarm
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Precision orbit and space environment | Measurement of the spacecraft non-gravitational accelerations, linear accelerations range: +/- 2*10-4 m/s2; angular measurement range: +/- 9.6* 10-3 rad/s2; measurement bandwidth: 10-4 to 10-2 Hz; Linear resolution: 1.8*10-10 m/s2; angular resolution: 8*10-9 rad/s2. |
| Waveband: | N/A
N/A |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.1 nm/s2 |
| Swath width: | N/A |
| Accuracy: | overall instrument random error: <10 - 8 m/s2 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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ACE-FTS
Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer | CSA (ESA) (NASA) (ECCC) | Current: SCISAT-1
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measure and understand the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, especially at high altitudes. Monitoring the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), the UN Montreal Protocol, and Paris Climate Agreement. Contribute to GoC Methane Pledge |
| Waveband: | SWIR - TIR: 2 - 5.5 µm, 5.5 - 13 µm (0.02 cm-1 resolution)
SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | Depends on species, meets requirements for climate variables |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF |
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ACGS-2
Atmospheric Carbon dioxide Grating Spectrometer - 2 | NSMC-CMA | Current: -
Future: TANSat-2
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | CO2 and CH4 monitoring. |
| Waveband: | 0.757-0.771 um, 1.590-1.620 um, 2.042-2.082 um, 1.635-1.670 um
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| Spatial resolution: | 2 X 2 km
Best resolution: 2000 m |
| Swath width: | 2900 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | |
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A-DCS3
Argos Advanced Data Collection System3 | CNES (NASA) (NOAA) | Current: Metop-B, Metop-C
Future: -
Complete: Metop-A, NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-13, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, NOAA-19, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, SARAL | Operational | Data collection | Location data by Doppler measurements.
Metop-B only providing an ARGOS-2 service since commissioning in 2012 due to satellite cabling problem. |
| Waveband: | UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
MW |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF, TESAC, BUFR |
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A-DCS4
A-DCS4 | CNES, NOAA (EUMETSAT) (ISRO) | Current: OCEANSAT-3
Future: METOP-SG B1, METOP-SG B2
Complete: NOAA-19, EWS-G1, EWS-G3, EWS-G2 | Operational | Data collection | Data collection and communication system for receiving and retransmitting data from ocean and land-based remote observing platforms/transponders. |
| Waveband: | UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
Comms (RF) |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF-4, TESAC, BUFR |
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ADS-B
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast | PhilSA | Current: -
Future: MULA
Complete: - | Being developed | Data collection | Passive sensors to receive aircraft information |
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ADS-B receiver (rebuild)
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast receiver | GISTDA | Current: -
Future: THEOS-2A (Rebuild)
Complete: - | Being developed | Communications | Receiver intended to log Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) signals from aircraft transponders for aviation tracking/situational awareness, complementing the AIS receiver. |
| Waveband: | 1090 MHz
Comms (RF) |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | 400km |
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