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LANCE Near Real-Time Products
| Instrument | Platform | Product Categories | Average Latency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) | Aqua | Radiances, Temperature, Moisture Profiles, Precipitation, Dust, Clouds and Trace Gases | 75 - 140 minutes |
| Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) | Global Change Observation Mission - Water 1 (GCOM-W1) - a Japanese Earth Observation Satellite | Global Total Precipitation, Global Rainfall, Total Precipitable Water (TPW), Ocean Wind Speed (OWS), Columnar Cloud Liquid Water (CLW) over ocean, Columnar Water Vapor (CWV) over ocean, Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), Sea Ice Concentration, Brightness Temperature (Tb), Soil Moisture | 75 – 165 minutes** |
| Advanced Topographic Altimeter System (ATLAS) | Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) | Sea Ice Height, Land and Vegetative height, atmospheric layer characteristics, sea ice freeboard, and inland water surface heights | 3 Days |
| Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (LIS ISS) |
ISS | Lightning, Atmospheric Electricity, Weather Events |
2 minutes |
| Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) | Terra | Cloud motion vectors (Winds), Radiances | 90 - 120 minutes |
| Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) | Aura | Ozone, Temperature, Carbon Monoxide (CO), Water Vapor, Nitric Acid, Nitrous Oxide (N2O), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) | 75 - 140 minutes |
| Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) | Terra and Aqua | Radiances, Clouds/Aerosols, Water Vapor, Fire, Snow Cover, Sea Ice, Land Surface Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature | 60 - 125 minutes* |
| Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) |
Terra | Total column carbon monoxide (CO) retrieved from thermal infrared radiances | 180 minutes |
| Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) |
Suomi NPP | Total Column Ozone and Aerosol Index, SO2, Ozone Profile | 180 minutes |
| Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) | Aura | Ozone, SO2, Aerosols, Cloud Top Pressure | 100 - 165 minutes** |
| Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS-Land) | Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 (JPSS-1) | 375 m Active Fire, Corrected Reflectance Imagery, Land Surface Reflectance, Land Surface Temperature, Snow Cover, Sea Ice, Ice Surface Temperature | 180 minutes |
| Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite - Atmosphere (VIIRS-Atmosphere) | Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 (JPSS-1) | Clouds/Aerosols | 180 minutes |
* Latency excludes daily Land Surface Reflectance
** Latency excludes Level 3 product