Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer (S-VISSR)

S-VISSR

Stretched Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer

Satellites

FY-2 A to G

Status

Operational – Utilised in the period: 1997 to ~ 2017

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 every 30 min. Limited areas in correspondingly shorter time intervals

Resolution (s.s.p.)

5.0 km for IR channels; 1.25 km for the VIS channel

Resources

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



Central wavelength

Spectral interval

Radiometric accuracy (SNR or NEΔT)

0.77 µm

0.55 - 0.99 µm

1.5 @ 0.5 % albedo

3.75 µm

3.50 - 4.00 µm

0.4 K @ 300 K

6.95 µm

6.30 - 7.60 µm

0.5 K @ 300 K

10.8 µm

10.3 - 11.3 µm

0.3 K @ 300 K

12.0 µm

11.5 - 12.5 µm

0.3 K @ 300 K



Last updated June 2008