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Satellite
Pairs		 N6 HIRS/2 N7 HIRS/2 N8 HIRS/2 N9 HIRS/2 N10 HIRS/2 N11 HIRS/2 N12 HIRS/2 N14 HIRS/2 N15 HIRS/3 N16 HIRS/3 N17 HIRS/3 N18 HIRS/4 M-A
HIRS/4		 M-A
IASI		 Aqua AIRS
N6 HIRS/2   instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N7 HIRS/2     instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N8 HIRS/2       instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N9 HIRS/2         instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N10 HIRS/2           instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N11 HIRS/2             instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N12 HIRS/2               instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N14 HIRS/2                 instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
N15 HIRS/3                   instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, no statistics available
N16 HIRS/3                     instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, no statistics available
N17 HIRS/3                       instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, no statistics available
N18 HIRS/4                         instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats
M-A
HIRS/4		                           instruments overlap, no statistics available instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats
M-A IASI                             instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats
Aqua AIRS                              


Table Legend
instruments overlap, no statistics available The two satellite instruments have a period of operational overlap, but SNO statistics are not currently available.
instruments overlap, statistics available, click to view stats SNO statistics are currently available for this satellite pairing; click icon to view statistics.
N/A The two satellite instruments do not have a period of operational overlap.
  Omitted redundant pairing of satellites.

Glossary

NXX
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Satellite Series
M-X
- European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) MetOp Satellite Series
Aqua
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System (EOS) Aqua Satellite
HIRS
- High-Resolution Infrared Sounder
IASI
- Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer
AIRS
- Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder