Measurements and Applications
Measurements of cloud cover, cloud top height, precipitation, cloud motion, albedo, vegetation, convection, air mass analysis, tropopause monitoring, stability monitoring, total ozone and surface temperature, fire detection.
Full Name
Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
1000 m; 4000 m
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
Waveband
0.5 - 0.65 µm; 0.65 - 0.8 µm; 0.8-0.9 µm; 3.5 - 4.1 µm; 5.7 - 7.0 µm; 7.5-8.5 µm; 8.5-9.2 µm; 9.2-10.2 µm; 10.2 - 11.2 µm, 11.2 - 12.5 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
Elektro-L N1 - Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite (2011 - 2017) |
Elektro-L N2 - Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite (2015 - 2025) |
| Elektro-L N3 - Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite (2019 - 2029) |
| Elektro-L N4 - Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite (2023 - 2033) |
Elektro-L N5 - Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite (2025 - 2035) |