VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer (MSU-MR)

MSU-MR

VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer

Satellites

Meteor-M N1 and N2

Status

Close to launch – To be utilised in the period 2008 to ~ 2014

Mission

Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery

Instrument type

6-channel VIS/IR radiometer

Scanning technique

Cross-track: 1540 pixels in line, swath 2800 km - Along-track: six 1-km lines/s

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage twice/day (IR) or once/day (VIS)

Resolution (s.s.p.)

1.0 km IFOV

Resources

Mass: 70 kg - Power: … W - Data rate: 660 kbps



Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (SNR or NEΔT)

0.60 µm

0.50 - 0.70 µm

1000 @ 80 % albedo

0.95 µm

0.80 - 1.10 µm

1000 @ 80 % albedo

1.70 µm

1.60 - 1.80 µm

1000 @ 80 % albedo

3.80 µm

3.50 – 4.10 µm

0.5 K @ 300 K

11.00 µm

10.5 - 11.5 µm

0.15 K @ 300 K

12.00 µm

11.5 - 12.5 µm

0.15 K @ 300 K



Last updated June 2008