Atmospheric stability index Measurements Made by Earth Observation Satellites

Atmospheric Stability Index Measurement Instruments

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Measurement Definition: Generic term to indicate a family of methods to infer thetemperature difference between an air parcel affected by vertical motion and the surrounding environment. Supportive of temperature profile and specific humidity profile). [Unit ofmeasurement - K]

Instrument	Status/ Accuracy	Instrument Description	Measurement Technology	Timeline
AMI	Operational	Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of land/sea surface temperature and cloud coverage.	n/a
FCI	Operational	Measurements of cloud cover, cloud top height, precipitation, cloud motion, vegetation, radiation fluxes, convection, air mass analysis, cirrus cloud discrimination, tropopause monitoring, stability monitoring, total ozone and sea surface temperature.	n/a
IASI	Operational	Measures tropospheric moisture and temperature, column integrated contents of ozone, carbon monoxide, methane, nitrous oxide and other minor gases which affect tropospheric chemistry. Also measures sea surface and land temperature.	n/a
MODIS	Operational	Data on biological and physical processes on the surface of the Earth and in the lower atmosphere, and on global dynamics. Surface temperatures of land and ocean, chlorophyll fluorescence, land cover measurements, cloud cover (day and night).	n/a
MSU-GS	Operational	Measurements of cloud cover, cloud top height, precipitation, cloud motion, albedo, vegetation, convection, air mass analysis, tropopause monitoring, stability monitoring, total ozone and surface temperature, fire detection.	n/a
MSU-GS/VE	Operational	Operational metrology, hydrology, climate monitoring and environmental monitoring	n/a
SEVIRI	Operational	Measurements of cloud cover, cloud top height, precipitation, cloud motion, vegetation, radiation fluxes, convection, air mass analysis, cirrus cloud discrimination, tropopause monitoring, stability monitoring, total ozone and sea surface temperature.	n/a
Sounder	Operational	Atmospheric soundings and data on atmospheric stability and thermal gradient winds.	n/a
GXS	Being developed		n/a
IASI-NG	Being developed	Measures profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity, ozone, carbon monoxide, columns of methane, nitrous oxide, and other minor gases, and sea, ice, and land surface temperature and emissivity. Provides information on aeorols and cloud: fractional coverage, phase, cloud top height (input to Polar AMVs) and particle size. Prime applications: NWP, AC/AQ, climate. Secondary applications: NWC, land/ocean surface monitoring. IASI-NG will resume IASI role as internationl standard for satellite inter-calibration (GSICS).	n/a
IRS	Being developed	Measurements of vertically resolved clear sky atmospheric motion vectors, temperature and water vapour profiles.	n/a
ATCOR	Proposed	Atmospheric correction.	n/a