Objectives and Applications
Continuous observation of atmospheric temperature, water vapour content and distribution, and the concentration of certain other atmospheric gases as a function of altitude over time - providing a new way to observe weather and the changing atmosphere.
Full Name
New Millenium Program EO-3 - Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer - (GIFTS)
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Oct 2006
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Oct 2008
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-83 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GIFTS - Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | GIFTS |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GIFTS |
| Atmospheric Winds | GIFTS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | GIFTS |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | GIFTS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | GIFTS |
| Ozone | GIFTS |
| Radiation budget | GIFTS |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GIFTS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GIFTS |
| Land | Surface temperature (land) | GIFTS |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | GIFTS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | GIFTS |
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