| Instrument | Agency | Missions | Status | Type | Measurements &
applications | Technical characteristics |
CO2I
Integrated CO2 & NO2 Imaging spectrometer | ESA (EUMETSAT) (COM) | Current: -
Future: Sentinel CO2M-A, Sentinel CO2M-B, Sentinel CO2M-C
Complete: - | Approved | Atmospheric chemistry | Pushbroom scanning spectrometer to provide relatively high spatial resolution CO2, CH4 and NO2 observations in support of estimating anthropogenic emissions of CO2 and CH4 in Copernicus. In addition, high quality NO2 and solar-induced fluorescence will be operationally delivered. |
| Waveband: | For CO2: TOA radiance measures in NIR (747-773nm), SWIR1 (1590-1675nm), SWIR2 (1990-2095nm). For NO2: VIS (405-490nm)
VIS, NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 2 km
Best resolution: 2000 m |
| Swath width: | 250 km |
| Accuracy: | CO2 precision=0,7ppm, CH4 precision=10 ppb, NO2 precision 1.5 10e15 molec/cm2 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | |
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COSIS
COSIS | DLR (INPE) | Current: -
Future: CO2Image
Complete: - | Approved | Atmospheric chemistry | Independent verification of reported emissions of carbon dioxide and methane as a cornerstone toward emission accounting and reduction measures such as agreed on in the Paris climate agreement. |
| Waveband: |
SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 50 m x 50 m
Best resolution: 50 m |
| Swath width: | 50 km x 50 km |
| Accuracy: | CO₂ mole fraction accuracy is 2 ppm, defined for a scene with a spectral reflectance of 0.1 and a solar zenith angle (SZA) of 70°. CH₄ mole fraction accuracy is 10 ppb, defined for a scene with the same spectral reflectance (0.1) and solar zenith angle (SZA) of 70°. |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | net-CDF4 |
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EMIT
Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation | NASA | Current: EMIT-on-ISS
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Hyperspectral imagers | Imaging spectroscopy from the visible to short wavelength infrared (VSWIR) to determine surface mineral compostion in the Earth's arid land dust source regions. |
| Waveband: | 400 -2500 nm at 7.4 nm sampling
SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 60 m
Best resolution: 60 m |
| Swath width: | 80 km @ 416km altitude |
| Accuracy: | 10% radiometric, 10% spectral, 10% spatial, 10% uniformity |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF |
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GAS-1
Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 1 | NSMC-CMA (CNSA) | Current: FY-3D
Future: -
Complete: - | No longer operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measurement of CO2, CH4, CO, N2O |
| Waveband: |
NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 13km s.s.p.
Best resolution: 13000 m |
| Swath width: | 1212km |
| Accuracy: | 0.05 |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | L-1 data: HDF 5.0 |
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GAS-2
Greenhouse-gases Absorption Spectrometer - 2 | NSMC-CMA (CNSA) | Current: FY-3H, DQ-2
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measurement of CO2, CH4, CO |
| Waveband: | 0.75-0.77 μm，1.59-1.62 μm，2.04-2.08 μm，2.27-2.32 μm
NIR, SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 3km s.s.p.
Best resolution: 3000 m |
| Swath width: | cross-track: 36 samples at 3km resolution，100km swath. along-track: 3km every 400ms |
| Accuracy: | 0.05 |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | L-1 data: HDF 5.0 |
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GOME-2
Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment - 2 | EUMETSAT (ESA) | Current: Metop-B, Metop-C
Future: -
Complete: Metop-A | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measurement of total column amounts and stratospheric and tropospheric profiles of ozone. Also amounts of H20, NO2, OClO, BrO, SO2 and HCHO. |
| Waveband: | UV - NIR: 0.24 - 0.79 µm (resolution 0.2 - 0.4 nm)
UV, VIS, NIR |
| Spatial resolution: | Horizontal: 40 x 40 km (960 km swath) to 40 x 5 km (for polarization monitoring)
Best resolution: 5000 m |
| Swath width: | 120 - 960 km |
| Accuracy: | Cloud top height: 1 km (rms), Outgoing short wave radiation and solar irradiance: 5 W/m2, Trace gas profile: 10 - 20%, Specific humidity profile: 10 - 50 g/kg |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | Native |
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Microcarb
Microcarb | CNES (UKSA) | Current: MicroCarb
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measurement of CO2 concentration using CO2 absorption bands at 1607nm and 2046nm |
| Waveband: | B1 (O2): 763.5 nm BW : 10.5nm; B2 ( CO2): 1608 nm BW : 22.2nm; B3 ( CO2): 2037 nm BW: 28.1 nm; B4(O2): 1273.4 nm BW: 17.6 nm
SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | 3 FOV size 4,5 km (ACT) x 8.9 km (ALT) simultaneously acquired
Best resolution: 4500 m |
| Swath width: | 13km with 3 contigous pixels of 4.5x8.9km, up to > 25km in Glint mode |
| Accuracy: | CO2 concentrations: bias < 0,1 ppm (objective), < 0.2 ppm (threshold) , random< 0.5 ppm (objective), 1.5 ppm (threshold) (values extracted from the mission specification) |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | NetCDF (L2, L3, L4), HDF (L1) |
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Micro-LiDaR
Micro-LiDAR | AIRMO | Current: -
Future: AIRMO Constellation
Complete: - | Being developed | Lidars | |
| Waveband: | Central wavelength: 1.5 μm
SWIR |
| Spatial resolution: |
Best resolution: 100 m |
| Swath width: | |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Constrained Access |
| Data Format: | |
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MOPITT
Measurements Of Pollution In The Troposphere | CSA (NASA) | Current: Terra
Future: -
Complete: - | No longer operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Measurements of CO in the troposphere, running 24/7, 365d of the year. |
| Waveband: | SWIR-MWIR: 2.3 µm, 2.4 µm and 4.7 µm
NIR, MWIR |
| Spatial resolution: | CO profile: 4 km vertical, 22 x 22 km horizontal, CO, CH4 column: 22 x 22 km horizontal |
| Swath width: | 616 km |
| Accuracy: | Carbon monoxide (4 km layers): 10% |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF-EOS |
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OMI
Ozone Measuring Instrument | NLSA (FMI) (NASA) | Current: Aura
Future: -
Complete: - | Operational | Atmospheric chemistry | Mapping of ozone columns, key air quality components (NO2, SO2, BrO, OClO and aerosols), measurements of cloud pressure and coverage, global distribution and trends in UV-B radiation. |
| Waveband: | UV: 270 - 314 nm and 306 - 380 nm, VIS: 350 - 500 nm
UV, VIS |
| Spatial resolution: | 13 x 24 km or 36 x 48 km depending on the product. Also has zoom modes (13 x 13 km) for example for urban pollution detection
Best resolution: 13000 m |
| Swath width: | 2600 km |
| Accuracy: | |
| Data Access: | Open Access |
| Data Format: | HDF-EOS |
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