OLCI

Ocean and Land Colour Imager

Satellite

Sentinel-3 A and B

Status

Being developed – To be utilised in the period 2012 to ~ 2022

Mission

Ocean colour, vegetation, aerosol, cloud properties

Instrument type

16-channel VIS/NIR spectro-radiometer, channel positions and bandwidths selectable

Scanning technique

Pushbroom, 5 side-to-side telescopes, total swath 1270 km. Off-nadir view to avoid sun glint

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 2 days, in daylight

Resolution (s.s.p.)

250 to 500 m

Resources

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

Central wavelength

Bandwidth

Radiometric accuracy (SNR @ expected input radiance)

413 nm

10 nm

2006

443 nm

10 nm

2087

490 nm

10 nm

1683

510 nm

10 nm

1629

560 nm

10 nm

1481

620 nm

10 nm

1131

665 nm

10 nm

1022

681 nm

7.5 nm

829

709 nm

10 nm

956

754 nm

7.5 nm

673

761 nm

3.75 nm

407

779 nm

15 nm

810

865 nm

20 nm

688

885 nm

10 nm

417

900 nm

10 nm

312

1020 nm

40 nm

TBD