CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - MVISR (5 channels) -
Full Name Multispectral Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (5 channels) Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies CAST, NRSCC Maturity
Instrument Type Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) Geometry Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer Sampling Imaging
Data Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications To provide multispectral analysis of hydrological, oceanographic, land use and meteorological parameters. Global imager & SST. Ocean colour.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
AerosolsAerosol optical depth (column/profile)
Aerosol effective radius (column/profile)
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperatureCloud imagery
Cloud cover
Cloud top temperature
Multi-purpose imagery (land)Fire fractional cover
Radiation budgetUpward long-wave irradiance at TOA
Sea ice cover, edge and thicknessSea-ice cover
Surface temperature (ocean)Sea surface temperature
VegetationNormalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Aerosols properties click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Cloud Properties click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Earth Radiation Budget click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Fire click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
FY-1A - FY-1A Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (1988 - 1988)
FY-1B - FY-1B Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (1990 - 1991)