Measurements and Applications
Measurement of vegetation indexes and ocean colour.
Full Name
Medium Resolution Spectral Imager-1
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
L-1 data: HDF 5.0
Resolution
250 m for broadband channels, 1 km for narrowband channels
[Best Resolution: 250m]
Swath
Cross-track: 2048 samples for channels at 1000 m resolution at nadir, or 8192 samples for channels at 250 m resolution, swath 2900 km - Along-track: ten 1-km lines every 1.5 s.
[Max Swath: 2900 km]
Waveband
25 channels from 0.47 - 12.0 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
FY-3A - FY-3A Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2008 - 2018) |
| FY-3B - FY-3B Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2010 - 2020) |
| FY-3C - FY-3C Polar-orbiting Meteorological Satellite (2013 - 2024) |