Description of Main Instruments/Radiometers

1. Infrared Sounders

§	Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) http://www-airs.jpl.nasa.gov/ http://www.orbit.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/spb/airs/
§	Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) http://smsc.cnes.fr/IASI/
§	High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm/html/c3/sec3-2.htm
§	Advanced TIROS Operational Vertical Sounding (ATOVS) http://www.oso.noaa.gov/poes/index.htm
§	CRIS (Cross-Track Infrared Sounder) http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Technology/cris_summary.html
§	Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/virs.html
§	Clouds and the Earth s Radiant Energy System (CERES) http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/ceres/new_ASDceres.html

 

2.Microwave Sounders

§	NOAA - Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) AMSU-A: http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm AMSU-B: http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm AMSU: http://amsu.cira.colostate.edu/
§	SSM/T (DMSP) http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/html/sensors/doc_ssmt.html
§	ATMS (Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder) http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Technology/atms_summary.html
§	CMIS (Conical Scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder) http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Technology/cmis_summary.html

 

3.IR Imager Instruments

§	AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) http://www2.ncdc.noaa.gov/docs/klm http://edc.usgs.gov/products/satellite/avhrr.html
§	MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/
§	VIIRS (Visible and Infrared Imager/radiometer) http://www.ipo.noaa.gov/Technology/viirs_summary.html
§	VIRS (Visible and Infrared Scanner) http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/virs.html
§	MVIRI (Meteosat5-7) http://www.eumetsat.int/fr/area2/cgms/ap10-02.htm
§	SEVIRI (Meteosat 8) http://www.esrin.esa.it/msg/pag4.html

 

4.Microwave Imager Instruments

§	SSM/I (DMSP) - Special Sensor Microwave Imager http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/html/sensors/doc_ssmi.html
§	NASDA - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) http://sharaku.eorc.nasda.go.jp/AMSR/index_e.htm
§	NASA - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E) http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/
§	TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/tmi.html
§	TRMM Precipitation Radar (PR) http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/pr.html
§	ENVISAT Microwave Radiometer (MWR) http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/mwr/

 

5.Visible and Ultraviolet Instruments

§	Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) http://wdc.dlr.de/sensors/index.html
§	SCanning Imaging Absorption SpectroMeter for Atmospheric CHartographY (SCIAMACHY) http://envisat.esa.int/instruments/sciamachy/
§	Clouds and the Earth s Radiant Energy System (CERES) http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/ceres/new_ASDceres.html