CNES projects library
C
I
M
P
S
U
Iasi-ng
Like its predecessor, IASI-NG will use a passive infrared sensor to determine temperature and water vapour profiles in the atmosphere, record ocean surface and land temperatures and monitor a vast range of chemical compounds and other key variables for climate research, including greenhouse gases, desert dust and cloud cover.
With its innovative optical configuration, IASI-NG’s spectral resolution and signal-to-noise ratio will be improved by a factor of two. Measurement precision will also be improved (1 K for temperature and 10% for humidity).
More than just a continuation of IASI, the IASI-NG instrument will be a real asset for atmosphere sciences, particularly numerical weather prediction models, atmospheric composition studies and climate research, thanks to its far-reaching engineering and technological innovations. It will be a key element of Europe’s three MetOp-SG-A series weather satellites, scheduled to launch in 2021, 2028 and 2035.
Mission's news feed
-
Press Release: European MetOp-SG weather satellites : CNES and Eumetsat sign agreement on new-generation IASI-NG instruments
Today at CNES’s Head Office in Paris, the agency’s President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Alain Ratier, Director General of Eumetsat, signed a cooperation agreement to develop a new...
December 7, 2015
-
Jean-Yves Le Gall: “In 2015, CNES will be making climate central to its space policy”
Monday 5 January, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall delivered his New Year wishes to members of the French and international press in the Salle de l’Espace at Paris Les Halles....
December 11, 2014