| 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: - | Being developed | 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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ACX
GeoXO Atmospheric Composition Instrument | NOAA | Current: -
Future: Geo-S1, Geo-S2
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | |
| Waveband: | |
| Spatial resolution: | |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | |
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AEISS-HR
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution | KARI (KAI) | Current: KOMPSAT-7
Future: -
Complete: - | Being developed | 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:0.5 m, VNIR: 2m
Best resolution: 0.5 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Very Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | GEOTIF |
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AEISS-HR-A
Advanced Electronic Image Scanning System-High Resolution-A | KARI | Current: -
Future: KOMPSAT-7A
Complete: - | Being developed | 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:0.5 m, VNIR: 2m
Best resolution: 0.5 m |
| Swath width: | 15 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | |
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AIRMO Spectrometer
AIRMO Spectrometer | AIRMO (ESA) | Current: -
Future: AIRMO Constellation
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | Precise and close to real-time data on CH4 and CO2 emissions |
| Waveband: | Central wavelength: 1.6 μm
SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 50 m x 50 m
Best resolution: 50 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | 8ppb |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | |
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ALI
Aerosol Limb Imager | CSA (NASA) (ECCC) (USask) (UQAM) | Current: -
Future: HAWCSat
Complete: - | Being developed | High resolution optical imagers | Measures profiles of aerosol extinction and effective radius in the mid-upper troposphere and stratosphere in limb viewing geometry using scattered sunlight in narrow spectral bands in the visible and near infrared. |
| Waveband: | 10 bands in the 610 - 1560 nm wavelength range
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 0.25 km vertical resolution |
| Swath width: | 200 km swath |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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ALISS III
Advanced LISS III | ISRO | Current: -
Future: RESOURCESAT-3, RESOURCESAT-3A
Complete: - | Being developed | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | For crops and vegetation dynamics, natural resources census, disaster management and large scale mapping of themes. |
| Waveband: | 4 bands in VNIR and 1 band in SWIR
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 20 m, 10 m
Best resolution: 10 m |
| Swath width: | 925 km |
| Accuracy: | 200m |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | TBD |
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ALTIUS Instrument
ALTIUS Instrument | ESA | Current: -
Future: ALTIUS
Complete: - | Being developed | Atmospheric chemistry | A high-resolution 2D imager that observes ozone from side-on, at Earth's limb or atmospheric boundary. This limb-sounding technique allows ozone to be viewed at different altitudes, thereby providing vertical profiles of different ozone concentrations. The instrument uses three independent spectral imagers that operate in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared, achieving global coverage in a three-day revisit cycle. |
| Waveband: |
UV, VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | |
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| Accuracy: | |
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APAN
Advanced PAN | ISRO | Current: -
Future: RESOURCESAT-3S, RESOURCESAT-3SA
Complete: - | Being developed | High resolution optical imagers | High-resolution images for the study of topography, urban areas, development of DTM, run-off models etc., urban sprawl, forest cover/timber volume, land use change. |
| Waveband: | Panchromatic VIS: 0.45 - 0.90 µm
VIS |
| Spatial resolution: | 1.25 |
| Swath width: | 60 km |
| Accuracy: | 50m |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | TBD |
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CLARREO Pathfinder Reflected Solar
CLARREO Pathfinder - RS | NASA | Current: -
Future: CLARREO Pathfinder-on-ISS
Complete: - | Being developed | Hyperspectral imagers | Demonstration of high accuracy SI-traceable calibration within 350-2300 nm spectral range; demonstration of ability to transfer this calibration to other Earth observing instruments. |
| Waveband: | 350 to 2300 nm at 3-nm sampling interval with 6-nm resolution.
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 500 m. |
| Swath width: | 10 deg (70 km). |
| Accuracy: | Absolute uncertainty goal is 0.3% (k=1) in reflectance. |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF5 |
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