CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- WFI (Amazonia-1)
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Full Name
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Wide Field Imager (Amazonia-1)
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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INPE
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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GEOTIFF
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Measurements and Applications
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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
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Resolution Summary
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VIS - NIR: 60 m
[Best Resolution: 60m]
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Swath Summary
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740 km
[Max Swath: 740 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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VIS: 0.45 - 0.50 µm, 0.52 - 0.57 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.90 µm
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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