WPM Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Wide Swath Panchromatic and Multispectral Camera
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
GEOTIFF

Performance Summary

Resolution
8 m multispectral, 2 m panchromatic
[Best Resolution: 2m]
Swath
90 km
[Max Swath: 90 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
0.45 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.59 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, 0.77 - 0.89 µm, 0.45 - 0.90 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

CBERS-4A - China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 4A (2019 - 2025)

Instrument Measurements