CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- GLIMR Instrument
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Full Name
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Geosynchronous Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer (GLIMR)
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Status
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Being developed
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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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Ocean colour instruments 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR 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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GLIMR will make observations of rapidly evolving phytoplankton dynamics and hazards such as Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and other selected coastal regions of North and South America
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Resolution Summary
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300 m
[Best Resolution: 300m]
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Swath Summary
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FOV: 20.8° N-S and E-W
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Accuracy Summary
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Landmark imaging capability for geolocation reconstruction of science data to within 33% of the local ground sample distance (LGSD). Spectrometer pointing line of sight stability of 20% of the LGSD.
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Waveband Summary
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UV-VIS-NIR: 350-1020 nm at 5 nm sampling
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| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| 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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