Meteorological Imager (MI)
MI |
Meteorological Imager |
Satellite |
COMS-1 |
Status |
Being integrated – To be utilised in the period 2009 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 in 27 min. Limited areas in correspondingly shorter time intervals |
Resolution (s.s.p.) |
1 km IFOV in 1 VIS channel, 4 km IFOV in 4 IR channels |
Resources |
Mass: … kg - Power: … W - Data rate: … Mbps |
Central wavelength |
Spectral interval |
Radiometric accuracy (NEΔT or SNR) |
0.675 µm |
0.55 - 0.8 µm |
10 @ 5 % albedo, 170 @ 100 % albedo |
3.75 µm |
3.50 - 4.0 µm |
0.10 K @ 300 K |
6.75 µm |
6.5 - 7.0 µm |
0.12 K @ 300 K |
10.8 µm |
10.3 - 11.3 µm |
0.12 K @ 300 K |
12 µm |
11.5 - 12.5 µm |
0.20 K @ 300 K |