Measurements and Applications
VISSR Atmospheric Sounder. Spin scan radiometer/atmospheric sounder. 8 detectors for 1 visible channel, 6 detectors for 3 IR channels.
Full Name
VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Narrow-band channel IR radiometer
Sampling
Sounding
Resolution
VIS channel: 0.9 km at s.s.p.; TIR channel: 6.9 km at s.s.p.; all other channels: either 6.9 or 13.8 km.
[Best Resolution: 900m]
Waveband
Cloud imagery: VIS 0.55-0.75μm, IR 10.5-12.6 μm. Atmospheric sounding (12 channels centred on 3.94, 4.44, 4.51, 6.7, 7.2, 11.2, 12.7, 13.3, 14.0, 14.2, 14.5 and 14.7 μm).
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
GOES-4 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 4 (1980 - 1988) |
| GOES-5 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 5 (1981 - 1990) |
| GOES-6 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 6 (1983 - 1989) |
| GOES-7 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 7 (1987 - 1996) |