CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - PRISM-2 (ALOS-3) -
Full Name Panchromatic Remote-sensing Instrument for Stereo Mapping-2 Status No longer considered
Instrument Agencies JAXA Maturity
Instrument Type High resolution optical imagers Geometry Side-looking
Instrument Technology High resolution optical imager Sampling Imaging
Data Access No Access Data Format CEOS superstructure and GeoTiFF
Measurements and Applications Stereo imaging with high resolution and wide swath by panchromatic band for disaster monitoring, global mapping and so on. Instrument was considered as a part of ALOS-3.
Resolution Summary GSD : 0.8m(nadir)
Swath Summary 50km
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary VIS - NIR: 0.52-0.77 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Ice sheet topographySea-ice sheet topography
Ice sheet topography
Landscape topographyLand surface topography
Multi-purpose imagery (land)Glacier topography
Land surface imagery
Sea ice cover, edge and thicknessIceberg height
Snow cover, edge and depthSnow cover
VegetationVegetation type
Land cover
Vegetation Canopy (height)
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Land cover click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Snow click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions