NEDT | NEDR | Improvement ratio | ||||||
Wave length | Wave Number | G-9 | G-8 | G-9 (spec) | G9/G7 | G-9/N-12 | ||
Ch | (um) | cm-1 | (290K) | (mW/m2/ster/cm-1) | (FOV adjusted) | |||
Longwave carbon dioxide (CO2) sensitive bands define cloud heights and amounts and enable clear sky temperature profile retrievals; | ||||||||
1 | 14.7 | 680.272 | 0.75 | 1.63 | 1.20 | (0.66) | 7.7 | 1.2 |
2 | 14.4 | 694.444 | 0.49 | 1.41 | 0.80 | (0.58) | 5.6 | 1.3 |
3 | 14.1 | 709.22 | 0.36 | 0.94 | 0.56 | (0.54) | 2.5 | 1.2 |
4 | 13.9 | 719.424 | 0.28 | 0.65 | 0.46 | (0.45) | 1.0 | |
5 | 13.4 | 746.269 | 0.27 | 0.74 | 0.45 | (0.44) | 3.1 | 0.9 |
6 | 12.7 | 787.402 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.19 | (0.25) | 5.9 | |
7 | 12.0 | 833.333 | 0.08 | 0.21 | 0.13 | (0.16) | ||
Midwave water vapor (H2O) sensitive bands improve the depiction of vertical and horizontal gradients of moisture; | ||||||||
8 | 11.0 | 909.091 | 0.07 | 0.15 | 0.10 | (0.16) | 1.3 | 2.1 |
9 | 9.7 | 1030.93 | 0.07 | 0.20 | 0.11 | (0.33) | 2.9 | |
10 | 7.5 | 1333.33 | 0.09 | 0.091 | 0.076 | (0.16) | 5.6 | |
11 | 7.0 | 1428.57 | 0.07 | 0.091 | 0.047 | (0.12) | 25.0 | 8.3 |
12 | 6.5 | 1666.67 | 0.15 | 0.119 | 0.086 | (0.15) | 3.0 | |
Shortwave CO2sensitive bands enhance boundary layer investigations; and split windows provide atmosphere corrected views of the earth surface. | ||||||||
13 | 4.57 | 2188.18 | 0.09 | 0.012 | 0.008 | (0.013) | 1.6 | |
14 | 4.52 | 2212.39 | 0.08 | 0.011 | 0.007 | (0.013) | 7.7 | 1.1 |
15 | 4.45 | 2247.19 | 0.08 | 0.012 | 0.006 | (0.013) | 11.1 | 1.4 |
16 | 4.13 | 2421.31 | 0.08 | 0.004 | 0.003 | (0.008) | ||
17 | 3.98 | 2512.56 | 0.10 | 0.005 | 0.003 | (0.008) | 4.8 | 1.4 |
18 | 3.7 | 2702.7 | 0.05 | 0.002 | 0.001 | (0.004) | 2.1 |
Field of view (FOV) sizes: