BackForwardInstrument:  TANSO-FTS 

Instrument details
Acronym TANSO-FTS
Full name Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observations - Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Purpose Measurements of CH4, CO2, H2O, O2, O3 and aerosol
Short description 4–band interferometer (3 in NIR/SWIR, 1 in TIR) [see detailed characteristics below]
Background New development
Scanning Technique Cross-track mechanical pointing, swath 790 km
Resolution 10.5 km at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Global coverage in 3 days
Mass 329 kg Power 400 W Data Rate 5.9 Mbps

 

Providing Agency JAXA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2009 to 2025
Last update: 2021-06-16
Detailed characteristics
Spectral range Spectral range Spectral resolution (unapodised) SNR or NEΔT @ specified input
14.28-5.55 µm 700-1800 cm-1 0.2 cm-1 0.3 K @ 280 K
2.08-1.92 µm 4800-5200 cm-1 0.2 cm-1 300 @ 30 % albedo
1.72-1.56 µm 5800-6400 cm-1 0.2 cm-1 300 @ 30 % albedo
0.775-0.757 µm 12900-13200 cm-1 0.2 cm-1 300 @ 30 % albedo
Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Cross-nadir infrared sounder, possibly including VIS channels
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • IR hyperspectral sounders [in SSO]
  • IR hyperspectral sounder [in SSO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Atmospheric temperature
  • CH4 mole fraction
  • CO2 mole fraction
  • H2O
  • Height of the top of PBL
  • Height of the tropopause
  • Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)
  • O3
  • O3 Total Column
  • Specific humidity
  • Temperature of the tropopause
Evaluation of Measurements