Measurements and Applications
Imaging spectrometer to provide information on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, hydrology, weather, climate, and solid Earth.
Full Name
Visible and Short-Wave Infrared (VSWIR) Instrument
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Hyperspectral imagers 
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning SW spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
33 meters
[Best Resolution: 31m]
Swath
180 km (fixed)
[Max Swath: 180 km]
Accuracy
radiometric uncertainty <1000 nm: 5%, radiometric uncertainty >1000 nm: 10%, spectral IFOV uniformity: 10%, spectral cross-track uniformity: 5%
Waveband
VIS and SWIR bands (0.4 - 2.5 µm)
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |