Metop-A

Meteorology, Climatology

Launched in:	2006
Out of service since:	2021
Repeat cycle:	29 days
Orbit height:	817 km
Orbit type:	Sun Synchronous
Organisation:	EUMETSAT
Will be decommissioned by the end of 2021

Information

Data ordering

AMSU-A (Advanced Microwave Sounding)

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Data ordering

Band	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)
Band 1 (23.8 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 2 (31.4 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 3 (50.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 4 (52.8 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 5 (53.6 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 6 (54.40 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 7 (54.94 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 8 (55.5 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 9 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 10 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 11 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 12 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 13 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 14 (57.3 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343
Band 15 (89.0 GHz) (Microwave)	50000	2343

ARGOS-3 (A/DCS) (Advanced Data Collection System)

ASCAT (Advanced scatterometer)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band C-band (5.255 GHz) (SAR-C)			25000 (50000)	500 (550)

AVHRR/3 (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)
Band 1 (VIS)	0.58 to 0.68	1090 (4000)	2000
Band 2 (NIR)	0.725 to 1.1	1090 (4000)	2000
Band 3A (SWIR)	1.58 to 1.64	1090 (4000)	2000
Band 3B (MWIR)	3.55 to 3.93	1090 (4000)	2000
Band 4 (TIR)	10.3 to 11.3	1090 (4000)	2000
Band 5 (TIR)	11.5 to 12.5	1090 (4000)	2000

GOME-2 (Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment-2)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band 1 (UV)	0.24 to 0.315	5000 (40000)	960 (1920)	29
Band 2 (UV)	0.311 to 0.403	5000 (40000)	960 (1920)	29
Band 3 (VIS)	0.401 to 0.6	5000 (40000)	960 (1920)	29
Band 4 (VIS)	0.598 to 0.79	5000 (40000)	960 (1920)	29

HIRS/4 (High Resolution Infra Red Radiation Sounder)

Information

ESA - About HIRS/4
Eumetsat - HIRS/4
NASA Goddard - POES Instruments

Data ordering

EUMETSAT EO Portal - Data Center access

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)
Band 1 (TIR)	14.949	10000	1092
Band 2 (TIR)	14.706	10000	1092
Band 3 (TIR)	14.493	10000	1092
Band 4 (TIR)	14.225	10000	1092
Band 5 (TIR)	13.966	10000	1092
Band 6 (TIR)	13.643	10000	1092
Band 7 (TIR)	13.351	10000	1092
Band 8 (TIR)	11.111	10000	1092
Band 9 (TIR)	9.709	10000	1092
Band 10 (TIR)	12.469	10000	1092
Band 11 (TIR)	7.326	10000	1092
Band 12 (TIR)	6.523	10000	1092
Band 13 (MWIR)	4.57	10000	1092
Band 14 (MWIR)	4.525	10000	1092
Band 15 (MWIR)	4.474	10000	1092
Band 16 (MWIR)	4.454	10000	1092
Band 17 (MWIR)	4.132	10000	1092
Band 18 (MWIR)	3.976	10000	1092
Band 19 (MWIR)	3.759	10000	1092
Band 20 (VIS)	0.69	10000	1092

IASI (Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer)

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)
Band 1 (645 - 1210 cm-1) (TIR)	8.26 to 15.5	12000 (100000)	2052
Band 2 (1210 - 2000 cm-1) (TIR)	5 to 8.26	12000 (100000)	2052
Band 3 (2100 - 2760 cm-1) (MWIR)	3.62 to 5	12000 (100000)	2052

MHS (Microwave Humidity Sounder)

Band	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)
Band 1 (89.0 GHz) (Microwave)	16300	1078
Band 2 (157.0 GHz) (Microwave)	16300	1078
Band 3 (183 GHz) (Microwave)	16300	1078
Band 4 (183 GHz) (Microwave)	16300	1078
Band 5 (190 GHz) (Microwave)	16300	1078