| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
COSIS
COSIS | DLR | Current: -
Future: CO2Image
Complete: - | Proposed | Atmospheric chemistry | Independent 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 |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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GIIRS
Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder | NSMC-CMA (CNSA) | Current: FY-4B, FY-4C
Future: FY-4D, FY-4E, FY-4F, FY-4A
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders | Measurements of three dimensional atmospheric structure. Large-area, continuous, fast, and accurate vertical air soundings of temperature and humidity. Subsequent units have slightly different specifications. |
| Waveband: | LWIR: 700-1130 cm-1, 538 channels
S/MIR: 1650-2250 cm-1, 375 channels
VIS: 0.55-0.75 µm, 1 channel
VIS, SWIR, MWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | LWIR/S/MIR: 8km SSP
VIS: 0.5km SSP
Best resolution: 4000 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | 0.5k (1σ) radiation, 5 ppm (1σ) spectrum |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | L-1 data: HDF 5.0 |
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IKFS-2
IR-Fourier spectrometer | ROSKOSMOS (ROSHYDROMET) | Current: Meteor-M N2-4, Meteor-M N2-3
Future: Meteor-M N2-6, Meteor-M N2-5
Complete: Meteor-3M, Meteor-M N2, Meteor-M N2-1, Meteor-M N2-2 | Operational | Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders | Atmospheric temperature/humidity profiles, data on cloud parameters, water vapour & ozone column amounts, surface temperature. |
| Waveband: | 5 - 15 µm, more then 5000 spectral channels
TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 35000-100000 m
Best resolution: 35000 m |
| Swath width: | 1000 km; 1500 km; 2000 km; 2500 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | |
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IKFS-3
Advanced Fourier spectrometer | ROSHYDROMET | Current: -
Future: Meteor-MP N1, Meteor-MP N2, Meteor-MP N3
Complete: - | Proposed | Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders | Atmospheric temperature/humidity profiles, data on cloud parameters, water vapour & ozone column amounts, surface temperature. |
| Waveband: | 3,7 - 15,5 µm, more then 8000 spectral channels
MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 35 -100 km
Best resolution: 35 m |
| Swath width: | 1000/2000 km |
| Accuracy: | 0.5 K |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | |
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IRS
Thermal and Multispectral Scanner | CAST (INPE) | Current: CBERS-4
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land use. |
| Waveband: | 0.5 - 0.9 µm; 1.55 - 1.75 µm, 2.08 - 2.35 µm; 10.4 - 12.5 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | PAN, SWIR: 40 m, TIR: 80 m
Best resolution: 40 m |
| Swath width: | 120 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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NIR-SWIR
Multi-spectral Optical Camera - Near & Short Wave Infrared | CONAE, AEB | Current: -
Future: SABIA_MAR-A, SABIA_MAR-B
Complete: - | Approved | Ocean colour instruments | Ocean Colour - Open ocean, coastal & in-land waters. Atmospheric corrections |
| Waveband: | Near & Short Wave Infrared, 6 bands: 750 - 765 - 865 -1044 - 1240 – 1610 nm
NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 400m
Best resolution: 400 m |
| Swath width: | 1495 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | |
| Data Format: | |
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OTTER Instrument on SBG-TIR
Orbiting Terrestrial Thermal Emission Radiometer (OTTER) on SBG-TIR
| NASA (ASI) | Current: -
Future: SBG-TIR
Complete: - | Being developed | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | Thermal radiometer to provide information on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, hydrology, weather, climate, and solid Earth. |
| Waveband: | TIR bands (8 bands up to ~12 µm)
MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 60 meters @ nadir
Best resolution: 60 m |
| Swath width: | Cross-track scanning |
| Accuracy: | Absolute accuracy of ≤ 1 K and Noise Equivalent delta Temperature (NEdT) of ≤ 0.3 K at 300 K |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | TBD |
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PHyTIR
Prototype HyspIRI Thermal Infrared Radiometer (PHyTIR) | NASA (USGS) | Current: ECOSTRESS-on-ISS
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) | This project will use a high-resolution thermal infrared radiometer to measure plant evapotranspiration, the loss of water from growing leaves and evaporation from the soil. |
| Waveband: | TIR: 8-12.5 µm
TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 60 m |
| Swath width: | 360km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF5 |
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TANSO-3
Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 | MOE (Japan) (NIES (Japan)) (JAXA) | Current: GOSAT-GW
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Global and regional concentration mapping of CO2, CH4, and NO2 for global monitoring of GHG concentrations, verification of emission inventories, and detection of emissions from large sources. |
| Waveband: | 0.45 µm, 0.7 µm, 1.6 µm
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 10 km in wide more and 3 km in focus mode. Target is 1km in focus mode.
Best resolution: 1000 m |
| Swath width: | Wide mode: 911km
Focus mode: 90 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF5 |
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TANSO-FTS
Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation - Fourier Transform Spectrometer | JAXA (MOE (Japan)) (NIES (Japan)) | Current: GOSAT
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | CO2 and CH4 distribution. |
| Waveband: | 0.758 - 0.775 µm, 1.56 - 1.72 µm, 1.92 - 2.08 µm, 5.56 - 14.3 µm
NIR, SWIR, MWIR, TIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 10.5 km
Best resolution: 10500 m |
| Swath width: | 1000 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF5 |
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