GOES Imager (IMAGER)
IMAGER |
GOES Imager |
Satellites |
GOES 8 to 15 |
Status |
Operational – Utilised in the period: 1994 to ~ 2016 |
Mission |
Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features |
Instrument type |
5-channel VIS/IR radiometer |
Coverage/cycle |
Full disk every 30 min. Limited areas in correspondingly shorter time intervals |
Resolution (s.s.p.) |
4.0 km for IR channels; 1.0 km for the VIS channel |
Resources |
Mass: … kg - Power: … W - Data rate: 2.62 Mbps |
Central wavelength |
Spectral interval |
Radiometric accuracy (NEΔT or SNR) |
0.65 µm |
0.55 - 0.75 µm |
........ @ ... % albedo |
3.90 µm |
3.80 - 4.00 µm |
0.11 K @ 300 K |
6.55 µm |
5.80 - 7.30 µm |
0.14 K @ 300 K |
10.70 µm |
10.2 - 11.2 µm |
0.09 K @ 300 K |
13.35 µm |
13.0 - 13.7 µm |
...... K @ 300 K |