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Products - Instrument Performance - LEO
Instrument performance monitoring (IPM) allows satellite data users
to be alerted about departures of satellite instrument function from its
nominal operation. It is the data users window to the vital signs of a
satellite instrument over time, and thus the data quality. The elements
of satellite IPM include near-realtime assessment of instrument
calibration and housekeeping data. It also includes an archive of
historical performance of these variables, as well as documented
instrument change/event logs.
LEO Instrument Distribution, By Satellite
Satellites
Instrument Types
VIS/IR Imager
IR Sounder
IR Hyperspectral
MW Imager
MW Sounder
UV
EOS Aqua
MODIS
N/A
AIRS
AMSR-E
AMSU-A
HSB
N/A
N16
AVHRR
HIRS
N/A
N/A
AMSU-A
AMSU-B
SBUV
N17
AVHRR
HIRS
N/A
N/A
AMSU-A
AMSU-B
SBUV
N18
AVHRR
HIRS
N/A
N/A
AMSU-A
MHS
SBUV
MetOp-A
AVHRR
HIRS
IASI
N/A
AMSU-A
MHS
GOME-2
FY-1
VHRSR
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
FY-3
VIRR
MRVIR
IAS
N/A
MRI
MWTS
TOM-OP
N/A - instrument type is not present on the satellite.
Satellites
EOS Aqua
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua Satellite
FY-X
- China Meteorological Administration FengYun (FY) Satellite
NXX
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Satellite Series
MetOp-X
- European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) MetOp Satellite Series
Instruments
AIRS
- Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder
AMSR-E
- Advance Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS
AMSU
- Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (includes AMSU-B unit on N15 through N17)
