MCSI

Multiple Channel Scanning Imager

Satellites

FY-4 O A/B and follow-on

Status

Being defined - To be utilised from 2012 onward

Mission

Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery and wind derivation by tracking clouds and water vapour features

Instrument type

12-channel VIS/IR radiometer

Coverage/cycle

Full disk every 30 min. Limited areas in correspondingly shorter time intervals

Resolution (s.s.p.)

From 1 to 4 km (see table)

Resources

Mass: … kg - Power: … W - Data rate: … Mbps

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (NEΔT or SNR)

Resolution @ s.s.p.

0.65 µm

0.55 - 0.75 µm

200 @ 100 % albedo

1 km

0.825 µm

0.75 - 0.90 µm

200 @ 100 % albedo

1 km

1.375 µm

1.36 - 1.39 µm

200 @ 100 % albedo

2 km

1.61 µm

1.58 - 1.64 µm

200 @ 100 % albedo

2 km

2.25 µm

2.1 - 2.35 µm

200 @ 100 % albedo

2 km

3.75 µm

3.5 - 4.0 µm

0.3 K @ 300 K

4 km

6.25 µm

5.8 - 6.7 µm

0.3 K @ 260 K

4 km

7.1 µm

6.9 - 7.3 µm

0.3 K @ 260 K

4 km

8.5 µm

8.0 - 9.0 µm

0.2 K @ 300 K

4 km

10.7 µm

10.3 - 11.1 µm

0.2 K @ 300 K

4 km

11.0 µm

11.5 - 12.5 µm

0.2 K @ 300 K

4 km

13.5 µm

13.2 - 13.8 µm

0.5 K @ 300 K

4 km