WFI (Amazonia-1) Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Used for fire extent detection measurement, coastal and vegetation monitoring, land cover and land use mapping. WFI (Amazonia-1) is the same instrument as WFI (CBERS), however due to differences in orbital altitude, they have different spatial resolution

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Wide Field Imager (Amazonia-1)
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
GEOTIFF

Performance Summary

Resolution
VIS - NIR: 60 m
[Best Resolution: 60m]
Swath
740 km
[Max Swath: 740 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS: 0.45 - 0.50 µm, 0.52 - 0.57 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

AMAZONIA-1 - Amazonia 1 (2021 - 2025)

Instrument Measurements