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Atmospheric chemistry
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Absorption-band MW radiometer/spectrometer
Atmospheric lidar
Broad-band radiometer
Cloud and precipitation radar
Communications system
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Doppler lidar
Electric field sensor
GNSS radio-occultation receiver
GNSS receiver
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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
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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)
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LRI
Laser Ranging Instrument
NASA
(
DLR
) (GFZ)
Current:
GRACE-FO
Future:
GRACE-C
Complete: -
Operational
Gravity instruments
Inter-satellite ranging measurement to picometer level to be used to estimates for global models of the mean and time variable Earth gravity field.
Waveband:
Wavelength - 1.064 x 10-6 m
NIR
Spatial resolution:
TBD - Tech demo for GRACE-FO, Class C Instrument for MC P1
Swath width:
N/A
Accuracy:
TBD
Data Access:
Data Format:
GeoTIFF, ASCII and netCDF
MWI
Microwave Instrument
NASA
Current:
GRACE-FO
Future: -
Complete: -
Operational
Gravity instruments
Includes BlackJack Global Positioning System (Turbo Rogue Space Receiver) and High Accuracy Inter-satellite Ranging System (aka K-band Ranging System) for Inter-satellite ranging system estimates for global models of the mean and time variable Earth gravity field.
Waveband:
Microwave: 24 GHz and 32 GHz
MW
Spatial resolution:
400 km horizontal, N/A vertical
Swath width:
N/A
Accuracy:
1 cm equivilant water
Data Access:
Data Format:
GeoTIFF, ASCII and netCDF
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