NOAA's payload (POES generation)
Equipped with second-generation Argos and
Sarsat
payload.
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Wavebands
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0.58-0.68
µm (1/ visible): cloud, snow and ice monitoring
0.725-1.10 µm (2/ near IR): water, vegetation and agriculture surveys
1.58-1.64 µm: (3A) snow, ice and cloud discrimination
3.55-3.93 µm (3B/ near IR): sea surface temperature, volcano, forest fire
activity
10.3-11.3 µm (4/ thermal IR): sea surface temperature, soil moisture
11.3-12.5 µm (5/ thermal IR): sea surface temperature, soil moisture
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Resolution
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1.09
km
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Swath
width
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3000
km
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HIRS/3 (
High Resolution IR Sounder): monitors the atmosphere at
19 closely spaced channels (1 visible, 7 shortware IR, 12 longwave IR) so as to
derive the vertical temperature profile out to an altitude of 40 km
SEM/2 (
Space Environnment Monitor): enhanced to measure a lower
energy (0.05 keV) and a detector for 140+ MeV
AMSU (
Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit): AMSU-A is a 15-channel
unit (23.8-89.0 GHz) while AMSU-B has got 5 channels (89-183 GHz). Built by
Astrium.
DCS/2 (
Data Collection System): enhanced rate: 2560 bps
SBUB/2 (
Solar Backscatter Ultra Violet): derives the ozone
profile by monitoring the incident and backscattered radiation in 12 wavelength
bands covering the 252-340 nm band.