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Appendix A: EOS Instrument Descriptions
Pages 113-122

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From page 113...
... Spectral range of 0.4 to 1.04 Em in 64 bands, any 17 selectable for telemetering. MODIS-N MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER—NADIR Imaging spectrometer for the measurement of biological and physical processes on a 1 km x 1 km and a 0.5 km x 0.5 km scale.
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From page 114...
... ESTAR ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED THINNED ARRAY RADIOMETER Microwave radiometer providing high-resolution soil moisture measurements using aperture synthesis tech niques. Single-frequency instrument at 1.4 GHz.
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From page 115...
... LIDAR ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDER AND ALTIMETER Lidar system(~) for the measurement of total column content water vapor, water vapor profiles, aerosob and clouds, atmospheric state parameters, ozone, ice sheet mass balance, and land topography.
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From page 116...
... System has a Unstick antenna configuration, 1-m/s wind speed and 10° angular resolution are goal measurements. CORRELATION RADIOMETER Instrument for measurement of constituents in the troposphere using selective absorption gas cell radiometry.
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From page 117...
... PRESSURE MODULATED RADIOMETER Radiometer measuring emissions from selected atmospheric constituents and providing global maps of atmospheric temperature and constituents abundance. Multichannel infrared instrument using pressuremodulated gas cells for detection of selected species.
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From page 118...
... In strument views the Earth's Innb and measures emus sions from trace constituents and temperature in am proxanately five wavelength bands. SCM SOLAR CONSTANT MONITOR Instrument for the precise solar total irradiance moni toring during the solar cycle.
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From page 119...
... MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGING RADIOMETER Ten-band scanning radiometer for improved sea surface temperature, cloud mapping and the monitoring of surface processes in vegetation coverage. Four additional bands to the AVHRR/3, i.e., 0.45 to 0.52, 0.52 to 0.60, 2.08 to 2.35, and 6.5 to 6.7 ~m.
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From page 120...
... MEA SEM MULTILINEAR ARRAY Conceptual system consisting of targetable and global coverage instruments for the study of land processes. Global Repetitive Coverage Seven-band instrument covering the wavelength regions of 0.45 to 0 9, 1.55 to 2.35, and 10.4 to 12.5 ~m.
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From page 121...
... GEODYNAMICS LASER RANGING SYSTEM Laser Ranging System for the study of crustal movements. Range measurements made in tectonically active regions and across tectonic plate boundaries using arrays of retroreflector targets acquired by the satellite system.
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Key Terms

  • imaging spectrometer
  • water vapor
  • instrument covering
  • resolution imaging
  • trace species

  • upper atmosphere
  • radiometer radiometer
  • radiometer providing
  • microwave radiometer
  • sea surface

  • surface temperature
  • scanning radiometer
  • temperature resolution
  • total energy
  • wavelength regions

  • chemical species
  • temperature measurements
  • spatial resolution
  • swath centered
  • moderate resolution

  • spectrometer providing
  • spectrometer measures
  • solar cycle
  • surface processes
  • radiation budget

  • scanning instrument
  • provides atmospheric
  • energy detector
  • solar total
  • wind speed


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