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| AVHRR/3 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) |
Global imagery, global sounding, ocean measurements (SST), clouds and Earth radiation budget, land measurements |
| HIRS/4 (High Resolution Infrared Sounder) |
Global sounding, atmospheric minor constituents, (ozone) |
| AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A - A1 & A2) |
Global sounding, sea ice |
| MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder) |
Global sounding, clouds and Earth radiation budget, sea ice |
| IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounder Interferometer) |
Global sounding, ocean measurements (SST), clouds and Earth radiation budget, some atmospheric trace constituents, land measurements |
| ASCAT (Advanced Scatterometer) |
Ocean measurements, surface stress and surface wind |
| GOME-2 (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2) |
Atmospheric trace gases (ozone content and profile) |
| GRAS (GNSS Receiver for Atmospheric Sounding) |
Atmospheric refractive index measurement in limb-sounding mode |
| Argos-3 (Remote Data Collection System), |
Data collection and location; ADCS on-board, PTTs and DCPs in the ground segment |
| S&R ( Search and Rescue System) |
Cooperative satellite-based radiolocation system for search and rescue operations. Relay of emergency radio signals to ground stations from aviators, mariners and land travellers in distress. |
| SEM-2 (Space Environment Monitor-2) |
Monitoring of the S/C environment (solar-terrestrial) |
