TIR Instrument

Measurements and Applications

1) Ecosystem stress and water use (i.e. monitoring of energy and water budgets of the continental biosphere);2) Urban (i.e. climatology and monitoring of fluxes of urban surfaces); 3) Sea Surface Temperature on approximately 200km coastal band.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Thermal Infra Red
Status
Approved
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
Limb-scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
netcdf

Performance Summary

Resolution
60m
[Best Resolution: 60m]
Swath
1000 km
[Max Swath: 1000 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
4 bands (8.6, 9.1, 10.3 and 11.5 µm)
TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm)

Instrument Missions

TRISHNA - Thermal infrared mission (2026 - 2031)

Instrument Measurements