Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer (MISR)
MISR |
Multi-angle Imaging Spectro-Radiometer |
Satellite |
EOS-Terra |
Status |
Operational – Utilised in the period 1999 to ~ 2008 |
Mission |
Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF), vegetation, aerosol |
Instrument type |
Assembly of 9 cameras, each one with 4 spectral VIS/NIR channels, each camera with different pointing |
Scanning technique |
Pushbroom; cross-track: 1500 pixels each camera, swath 360 km; along track: nine viewing angles: nadir, ± 26.1°, ± 45.6°, ± 60.0° and ± 70.5° |
Coverage/cycle |
Near-global coverage in one week, in daylight. |
Resolution (s.s.p.) |
Selectable: 275 m or 550 m or 1100 m |
Resources |
Mass: 148 kg - Power: 131 W - Data rate: 3.3 Mbps |
Central wavelength |
Spectral interval |
Radiometric accuracy (SNR) |
446 nm |
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558 nm |
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672 nm |
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866 nm |
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