CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - HiRAIS -
Full Name High-Resolution Advanced Imaging System Status Operational
Instrument Agencies MBRSC, UAE SA Maturity
Instrument Type High resolution optical imagers Geometry Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology High resolution optical imager Sampling Imaging
Data Access Constrained Access Data Format GEOTIFF
Measurements and Applications Biomass, FAPAR, fraction of vegetated land, land cover, LAI, NDVI, vegetation type.
Resolution Summary 1m for panchromatic imagery and 4m in four multispectral bands.
[Best Resolution: 1m]
Swath Summary 12km
[Max Swath: 12 km]
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary Spectral Resolutions: Pan: 550-900nm, MS1: 450-520nm (blue), MS2: 520-590nm (green), MS3: 630-690nm (red), MS4: 770-890nm (NIR).
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Multi-purpose imagery (land)Land surface imagery
Instrument Missions
DubaiSat-2 - DubaiSat-2 (2013 - 2023)