CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- HICO
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Full Name
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Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Hyperspectral imagers 
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Geometry
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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Spaceborne imaging spectrometer designed to sample the coastal ocean with full spectral coverage (400 to 900 nm sampled at 5.7 nm) and a very high signal-to-noise ratio to resolve the complexity of the coastal ocean.
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Resolution Summary
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Ground sample distance of 90 m (varies with altitude and angle)
[Best Resolution: 90m]
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Swath Summary
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scene size: 42 x 192 km
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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87 bands (128 uncropped) from 400 - 900 nm (353 - 1080 nm uncropped)
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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