Introduction
This section contains an alphabetical list of all instruments on the missions listed in section 8. For each instrument the following information is given:
Instrument name
|
Instrument acronym
Full instrument name |
Missions
|
A list of missions that the instrument is expected to fly on |
Type
|
Instrument type - using the categories outlined in section ‘Capabilities of Earth observation satellites’ |
Measurements/applications
|
Primary measurements and applications of the instrument |
| Technical characteristics |
Waveband
Spatial resolution
Swath width
Accuracy |
The descriptions of waveband adopt the following conventions for defining which parts of the spectrum are measured:
| Frequency |
Acronym |
Wavelength range |
Region
|
Sub-region |
|
from
|
to |
Ultraviolet
|
|
UV
|
~0.01µm
|
~0.40µm |
Visible
|
|
VIS
|
~0.40µm
|
~0.75µm |
Infrared
|
Near Infrared
|
NIR
|
~0.75µm
|
~1.3µm |
|
Short Wave Infrared
|
SWIR
|
~1.3µm |
~3.0µm |
|
Mid Wave Infrared |
MWIR
|
~3.0µm
|
~6.0µm |
|
Thermal Infrared
|
TIR
|
~6.0µm
|
~15.0µm |
|
Far Infrared |
FIR
|
~15.0µm
|
~0.1cm |
| Microwave |
|
MW |
~0.1cm |
~100cm |
Click here (right click for download) for PDF list of satellite instruments (alphabetical)
Click here (right click for download) for MS Word table of satellite missions and instruments (alphabetical)
This MS Word document features hyperlinks for ease of navigation between mission and instrument information
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