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Sentinel-5 UVNS sounder
Ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared and short-wave infrared spectrometer hosted on Metop-SG A satellites for daily global atmospheric composition, air-quality, trace-gas, ozone, aerosol, and volcanic-ash observations.
Sentinel-5 UVNS is the ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared and short-wave infrared spectrometer on Metop-SG A satellites for polar-orbit atmospheric-composition monitoring. [1] [2] It is a passive optical pushbroom imaging spectrometer covering ozone, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, water vapour, methane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, bromine oxide, formaldehyde, glyoxal, volcanic ash and aerosols. [1] The detailed band envelope is seven bands spanning 270-2400 nm. [2] A second summary range for the same instrument is 270-2385 nm. [3] Spatial sampling is 7.5 x 7.5 km at nadir for most wavelengths, 1.4 x 7.5 km in NIR2, and below 50 x 50 km below 300 nm. [2] The cross-track swath is 2670 km, supporting near-global daily coverage from the Metop-SG polar orbit. [2] [1] Sentinel-5 UVNS has demonstrated tropospheric nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide column work and short-wave-infrared absorption screening on Metop-SG A1. [2] [1]
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
Supply chain position
- UV-VIS nadir spectroscopyvia Metop-SG-A1
Sentinel-5 UVNS retrieves trace gas columns including NO2 and SO2.
- SWIR absorption - global screeningvia Metop-SG-A1
Sentinel-5 UVNS includes SWIR bands for daily global CH4, CO and CO2 atmospheric-composition retrievals.
None on record.
- [1]Metop-SG instruments overview, EUMETSATagency doc2026-06-16
- [2]WMO OSCAR instrument record: Sentinel-5agency doc2026-06-16
- [3]Copernicus Sentinel-5A to strengthen Europe's eyes on the atmosphere, EUSPAagency doc2026-06-16
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Sentinel-5 UVNS sounder. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/sentinel-5-uvns (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:sentinel-5-uvns,
title = {Sentinel-5 UVNS sounder},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/sentinel-5-uvns}
}