Ancillary Description Writer's Guide: Platform Associated Instruments

Platform_Associated_Instruments

Definition

Instruments associated with the platform. This field consists of only the short name(s) of those instruments as defined in the GCMD database.

This image demonstrates the ASTER instrument, which holds the VNIR, SWIR, and TIR sensors.

Syntax

<Platform_Associated_Instruments>
<Short_Name>instrument short name keyword</Short_Name>
</Platform_Associated_Instruments>

*<Short_Name>: 1 to 31 characters from the printable UTF-8 character set.

Usage

Highly recommended.
<Short_Name> may be repeated.
<Short_Name> must be selected from the list of instrument keywords.
See http://gcmd.nasa.gov/add/difguide/sensor_name.html for rules and specifications for the <Short_Name>.

Example

[An example of instruments associated with the Aqua spacecraft.]
<Platform_Associated_Instruments>
<Short_Name>MODIS</Short_Name>
<Short_Name>CERES</Short_Name>
<Short_Name>AIRS</Short_Name>
<Short_Name>AMSR-E</Short_Name>
<Short_Name>AMSU-A</Short_Name>
<Short_Name>HSB</Short_Name>
</Platform_Associated_Instruments>

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This document should be cited as:
Ancillary Description Writer's Guide, 2013.
Global Change Master Directory.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
[http://gcmd.nasa.gov/add/ancillaryguide/].