BackForwardInstrument:  ISAMS 

Instrument details
Acronym ISAMS
Full name Improved Stratospheric and Mesospheric Sounder
Purpose Atmospheric chemistry. Tracked species: CH4, CO, H2O, HNO3, N2O, N2O5, NO, O3 and aerosols
Short description Pressure-modulated correlation spectrometer, eight cells in the spectral range 4.6-16.6 µm. Spectral resolution about 5 cm-1
Background Follow-on of SAMS flown on Nimbus-7. Early failure in July 1992
Scanning Technique Limb sounding. Sampling at 200 km intervals
Resolution Vertical: 2.4 km; horizontal: 300 km along-view
Coverage / Cycle Global (except for polar regions, due to the 57° orbital inclination) in 3 days for cells of 300 km side
Mass Power Data Rate 1.25 kbit/s

 

Providing Agency UKSA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1991 to 2005
Last update: 2017-01-17
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Limb sounders
  • Limb sounder
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 2
  • UV/VIS/NIR/IR/MW limb sounders
  • UV/VIS/NIR/IR/MW scanning limb sounder
Mission objectives
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Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.