CEOS EO HANDBOOK – CATALOGUE OF SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS
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ATLID
ATmospheric LIDar
ESACurrent: EarthCARE
Future: -
Complete: -
ApprovedLidarsDerivation of cloud and aerosol properties - Measurement of molecular and particle backscatter in Rayleigh, co-polar and cross-polar Mie channels.
Waveband:Laser at 355 nm
UV
Spatial resolution:300 m horizontal (TBC)
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Data Access:Open Access
Data Format:HDF5
Avrora-T
Opto-electronic equipment
ROSKOSMOSCurrent: -
Future: Aist-2T N1, Aist-2T N2
Complete: -
ApprovedHigh resolution optical imagersMultispectral and panchromatic images of land & sea surfaces and ice cover.
Waveband:1 panchromatic band (0.58 - 0.8 µm). 0.45 - 0.52 µm; 0.53-0.6 µm; 0.63-0.69 µm
VIS
Spatial resolution:1.2m-3,6m
Best resolution: 1.2 m
Swath width:30km
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BBR (EarthCARE)
BroadBand Radiometer (EarthCARE)
ESACurrent: EarthCARE
Future: -
Complete: -
ApprovedEarth radiation budget radiometersTop 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
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Accuracy:flux retrieval accuracy 10 Wm-2
Data Access:Open Access
Data Format:HDF5
CAR
High Resolution Camera
CONAECurrent: -
Future: SARE-2A (S1), SARE-2A (S2), SARE-2A (S3), SARE-2A (S4)
Complete: -
ApprovedImaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)Panchromatic and multispectral (Vis/IR) measurements with high spatial resolution, with stereo capability for DEM generation. Applications in emergencies in general, agriculture, land use/land cover, change detection, urban environment, cartography, topography.
Waveband:Panchromatic band - P: 450-900 nm Vis/IR bands - B1: 450-520 nm - B2: 520-590 nm - B3: 630-690 nm - B4: 770-890 nm
VIS, NIR
Spatial resolution:Panchromatic band: 1 m Vis/IR bands: 4 m
Best resolution: 1 m
Swath width:12 km
Accuracy:Absolute radiometric accuracy: 5%
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COSIS
COSIS
DLRCurrent: -
Future: CO2Image
Complete: -
ApprovedAtmospheric chemistryIndependent verification of reported emissions as a cornerstone toward emission accounting and reduction measures such as agreed on in the Paris climate agreement. In 2018, coal-fired power plants accounted for 30% of the global man-made carbon dioxide emissions.
Waveband:
SWIR
Spatial resolution:50 m x 50 m
Best resolution: 50 m
Swath width:50 km x 50 km
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Data Access:Open Access
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ESIP
Ionospheric plasma energy spectrometer
ROSKOSMOSCurrent: -
Future: Ionosphera-M N1, Ionosphera-M N2, Ionosphera-M N3, Ionosphera-M N4
Complete: -
ApprovedSpace environmentMeasurement of local parameters of ionospheric plasma
Waveband:measurement range (102 - 107) cm-3, electron temperature measurement range (0.1 - 5.0) eV
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FLORIS
Fluorescence Imaging Spectrometer
ESACurrent: -
Future: FLEX
Complete: -
ApprovedImaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)Mapping vegetation fluorescence to quantify photosynthetic activity.
Waveband:Several bands of the range 500-780 nm, with two types of spectral resolution: Low (1-2 nm) and High (0.1-0.5 nm)
VIS, NIR
Spatial resolution:High spectral resolution of ~0.3 nm around the Oxygen absorption bands. Other spectral areas with less pronounced absorption features will be measured at medium spectral resolution between 0.5 and 3 nm.
Best resolution: 300 m
Swath width:150 km swath
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Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Fourier Transform Spectrometer
ESACurrent: -
Future: FORUM
Complete: -
ApprovedImaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)Measure across Earth’s entire far-infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum
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FIR
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Data Access:Open Access
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GALS
Spectrometer of galactic cosmic rays
ROSKOSMOSCurrent: -
Future: Ionosphera-M N1, Ionosphera-M N2, Ionosphera-M N3, Ionosphera-M N4
Complete: -
ApprovedSpace environmentMeasurement of the proton flux density
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GHMI
Geostationary HiMawari Imager
JMACurrent: -
Future: Himawari-10
Complete: -
ApprovedImaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Waveband:18 bands from 0.47 µm to 13.3 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR
Spatial resolution:
Swath width:Full disk, Japan Area : fixed area, four Target Areas and one Landmark Area : flexible area
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