CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - LiV HYSI -
Full Name Limb Viewing Hyperspectral Imager VNIR Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies ISRO Maturity
Instrument Type Atmospheric chemistry Geometry Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology Limb-scanning SW spectrometer Sampling Imaging
Data Access Open Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Airglow measurement of Ionosphere through 80 - 600 km.
Resolution Summary 2 km (vertical), 25 km (horizontal)
[Best Resolution: 2m]
Swath Summary 512 km (vertical), 1024 km (horizontal-spectral)
[Max Swath: 512 km]
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary 512 bands
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurementsElectron density profile
Instrument Missions
YOUTHSAT - Youthsat (2011 - 2013)