|
Catalogue
of satellite instruments
Introduction
This
section contains an alphabetical list of all instruments on the
missions listed in the previous section. For each instrument the
following information is given:
|
Instrument
name
|
Instrument
acronym
Full instrument name |
Missions
|
A
list of missions that the instrument is expected to fly on |
Type
|
Instrument
type - using the categories outlined in section ‘Capabilities
of Earth observation satellites’ |
Measurements/applications
|
Primary
measurements and applications of the instrument |
| Technical
characteristics |
Waveband
Spatial resolution
Swath width
Accuracy |
|
| The
descriptions of waveband adopt the following conventions for defining
which parts of the spectrum are measured: |
| Frequency |
Acronym |
Wavelength
range |
Region
|
Sub-region |
|
from
|
to |
Ultraviolet
|
|
UV
|
~0.01µm
|
~0.40µm |
Visible
|
|
VIS
|
~0.40µm
|
~0.75µm |
Infrared
|
Near
Infrared
|
NIR
|
~0.75µm
|
~1.3µm |
|
Short
Wave Infrared
|
SWIR
|
~1.3µm
|
~3.0µm |
|
Mid
Wave Infrared |
MWIR
|
~3.0µm
|
~6.0µm |
|
Thermal
Infrared
|
TIR
|
~6.0µm
|
~15.0µm |
|
Far
Infrared |
FIR
|
~15.0µm
|
~0.1cm |
| Microwave |
|
MW |
~0.1cm |
~100cm
|
|
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