CEOS EO HANDBOOK – CATALOGUE OF SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS Agency All --- AEM AGEOS ASI BELSPO CAST CDTI CNES COM CONAE CRESDA CSA CSIRO DLR ESA EUMETSAT GA GISTDA INPE ISRO JAXA JMA KARI KMA METI MYSA NASA NASRDA NIER NOAA NOSA NRSCC NSAU NSMC-CMA NSO POLSA ROSHYDROMET ROSKOSMOS SANSA SNSA TUBITAK UAE SA UKSA USGS VAST Keyword Filtering (max 20 char) Mission Status Current+Future Current Future Complete All Mission Name Instrument Status Operational+Future Operational Future All --- Approved Being developed No longer considered No longer operational Proposed TBD Instrument Name Type All --- Atmospheric chemistry Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders Cloud profile and rain radars Communications Data collection Earth radiation budget radiometers Gravity instruments High resolution optical imagers Hyperspectral imagers Imaging microwave radars Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave) Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) In situ Lidars Lightning sensors Magnetic field Multiple direction/polarisation radiometers Ocean colour instruments Other Precision orbit Radar altimeters Scatterometers Space environment TBD Applications Technology All --- Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer Atmospheric lidar Broad-band radiometer Cloud and precipitation radar Communications system Data collection system Doppler lidar Electric field sensor GNSS radio-occultation receiver GNSS receiver Gradiometer/accelerometer High resolution optical imager High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer Imaging radar (SAR) Laser retroreflector Lidar altimeter Lightning imager Limb-scanning IR spectrometer Limb-scanning MW spectrometer Limb-scanning SW spectrometer Magnetometer Medium-resolution IR spectrometer Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer Multi-channel/direction/polarisation radiometer Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer Narrow-band channel IR radiometer Non-scanning MW radiometer Radar altimeter Radar scatterometer Radio-positioning system Satellite-to-satellite ranging system Solar irradiance monitor Space environment monitor Star tracker Spatial Resolution Best All --- < 1 m 1-10 m 10-100 m 100 m+ --- < 10 m < 100 m All Specified Waveband All --- 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) MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) Ka-Band (26.5 to 40 GHz) K-Band (18 to 26.5 GHz) Ku-Band (12.5 to 18 GHz) X-Band (12.5 - 8 GHz) C-Band (8 - 4 GHz) S-Band (4 - 2 GHz) L-Band (2 - 1 GHz) P-Band (0.999 - 0.2998 GHz) W-Band (94 GHz) Data Access All --- Open Access Constrained Access Very Constrained Access No Access All Specified Display 10 25 50 All Results Per Page

Instrument Agency Missions Status Type Measurements & applications Technical characteristics ABI Advanced Baseline Imager NOAA Current: GOES-16, GOES-17, GOES-18 Future: GOES-U 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 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: ACE-FTS Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (ACE) Fourier Transform Spectrometer CSA 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. 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: ASCII, HDF, NetCDF A-DCS3 A-DCS3 CNES (NASA) (NOAA) Current: NOAA-19, Metop-B, Metop-C Future: - Complete: Metop-A, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-15, NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11, NOAA-13, NOAA-16, NOAA-17, NOAA-18, 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 A-DCS4 A-DCS4 CNES, NOAA (EUMETSAT) (ISRO) Current: NOAA-19, OCEANSAT-3 Future: METOP-SG B1, CDARS, METOP-SG B2, METOP-SG B3, GOES-14, GOES-15, EWS-G1 Complete: - 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 MW Spatial resolution: Swath width: Accuracy: Data Access: Open Access Data Format: NetCDF, TESAC, BUFR Advanced GOCI Advanced Geostationary Ocean Colour Imager KARI, KIOST (ADS) Current: GEO-KOMPSAT-2B Future: - Complete: - Operational Ocean colour instruments Ocean colour information, coastal zone monitoring, land resources monitoring. Waveband: VIS - NIR: 0.40 - 0.88 µm (12 channels) VIS, NIR Spatial resolution: 236 x 360 m Best resolution: 236 m Swath width: FOR (Field Of Regard) is 2500km x 2500km, divided into 12 slots. Accuracy: Data Access: Open Access Data Format: HDF, LRIT, HRIT Advanced MI Advanced Meteorological Imager KMA (L3Harris) (KARI) Current: GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Future: - Complete: - Operational Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of sea surface temperature and cloud coverage. Waveband: 16 bands covering 1: VIS, 0.55 - 0.80 µm; 2: SWIR: 3.50 - 4.00 µm; 3: WV (Waver Vapour): 6.50 - 7.00 µm; 4: TIR1 (Thermal Infrared 1): 10.3 - 11.3 µm, 5: TIR2 (Thermal Infrared 2): 11.5 - 12.5 µm VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR Spatial resolution: VIS: 0.5km, 1 km, IR: 2 km Best resolution: 500 m Swath width: Full Earth disk Accuracy: Data Access: Open Access Data Format: NetCDF, LRIT, HRIT, UHRIT AEISS Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System KARI (ASTRIUM) Current: KOMPSAT-3 Future: - Complete: - Operational High resolution optical imagers High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. Waveband: Panchromatic VIS: 0.50 - 0.90 µm, VIS: 0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm VIS, NIR Spatial resolution: Pan: 0.7 m, VNIR: 2.8 m Best resolution: 0.7 m Swath width: 15 km Accuracy: Data Access: Very Constrained Access Data Format: GEOTIF AEISS-A Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-A KARI (ASTRIUM) Current: KOMPSAT-3A Future: - Complete: - Operational High resolution optical imagers High resolution imager for land applications of cartography and disaster monitoring. Waveband: Panchromatic VIS: 0.50 - 0.90 µm, VIS: 0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm VIS, NIR, MWIR Spatial resolution: Pan: 0.7 m, VNIR: 2.8 m, IR: 5.5m Best resolution: 0.7 m Swath width: 15 km Accuracy: Data Access: Very Constrained Access Data Format: GEOTIF AGRI Advanced Geosynchronous Radiation Imager NRSCC (NSMC-CMA) (CNSA) (CAST) Current: FY-4A, FY-4B Future: FY-4C, FY-4D, FY-4E, FY-4F, FY-4G Complete: - Operational Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) A multiple channel radiation imager, one of the primary instruments aboard FY-4. Technically featured by a precisely designed two-mirror structure, capable of accurate and flexible sensing in two dimensions, and minute-level fast sector scanning. Frequent Earth imaging over 14 bands with off-axis three reflections of the primary optic system. On-board black body available for IR calibrations at very short time intervals. Waveband: 12 channels from 0.55 - 13.8 µm VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR Spatial resolution: 0.5-1 km VIS, 2 km NIR, 4 km TIR Best resolution: 500 m Swath width: Full Earth disk Accuracy: 0.5 - 4.0 km Data Access: Open Access Data Format: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ...