| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
BBR (EarthCARE)
BroadBand Radiometer (EarthCARE) | ESA | Current: EarthCARE
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Earth radiation budget radiometers | Top of the atmosphere radiances and radiative flux. |
| Waveband: | Shortwave channel: 0.2 - 4 µm, Total channel 0.2 - 50 µm
UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR, FIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 10 x 10 km ground pixel size for each of the three views |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | flux retrieval accuracy 10 Wm-2 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF5 |
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CERES
Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System | NASA | Current: Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, Terra, Aqua | Operational | Earth radiation budget radiometers | Long term measurement of the Earth's radiation budget and atmospheric radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the surface; provision of an accurate and self-consistent cloud and radiation database. |
| Waveband: | 3 channels: 0.3-5 µm, 0.3 - 100 µm, 8 - 12 µm
UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR, FIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 20 km
Best resolution: 20000 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | 0.5%, 1%, 0.3% (respectively for the 3 channels) |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF5 and NetCDF |
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ERM-2
Earth Radiation Measurement-2 | NSMC-CMA (CNSA) | Current: FY-3F
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Earth radiation budget radiometers | Measures Earth radiation gains and losses on regional, zonal and global scales. |
| Waveband: |
UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR, FIR |
| Spatial resolution: | FoV 2 x 2 deg |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | 0.2~0.3 Wm-2Sr-1 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | L-1 data: HDF 5.0 |
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GERB
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget | EUMETSAT (RAL) (ESA) | Current: Meteosat-9, Meteosat-10, Meteosat-11
Future: -
Complete: Meteosat-8 | Operational | Earth radiation budget radiometers | Measures long and short wave radiation emitted and reflected from the Earth's surface, clouds and top of atmosphere. Full Earth disk, all channels in 5 minutes. |
| Waveband: | SW: 0.32 - 4.0 µm, LW 4.0 - 30 µm (by subtraction)
UV, VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR, FIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 44.6 x 39.3 km |
| Swath width: | Single column moved alternately W-E and E-W to cover the complete earth disc |
| Accuracy: | SW=1.2 Wm-2, LW=7.5 Wm-2 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | native, HDF |
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