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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Last updated June 2008