Measurements and Applications
Spaceborne imaging spectrometer designed to sample the coastal ocean with full spectral coverage (400 to 900 nm sampled at 5.7 nm) and a very high signal-to-noise ratio to resolve the complexity of the coastal ocean.
Full Name
Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Hyperspectral imagers 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
Ground sample distance of 90 m (varies with altitude and angle)
[Best Resolution: 90m]
Swath
scene size: 42 x 192 km
Waveband
87 bands (128 uncropped) from 400 - 900 nm (353 - 1080 nm uncropped)
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
HICO-on-ISS - International Space Station/Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (2009 - 2014) |