Measurements and Applications
Cloud imagery. 2-channel VIS/IR radiometer: 0.55-0.75 µm and 10.5-12.6 µm
Full Name
Visible-Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
VIS: 0.9 km at s.s.p.; TIR: 6.9 km at s.s.p.;
[Best Resolution: 900m]
Accuracy
VIS: 0.9 km at s.s.p.; TIR: 6.9 km at s.s.p.; Full disk each 30 min
Waveband
2-channel: VIR 0.55-0.75µm, IR 10.5-12.6µm
GOES (SMS 1) - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (SMS 1) (1974 - 1981) |
| GOES (SMS 2) - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (SMS 2) (1975 - 1982) |
| GOES-1 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 1 (1975 - 1985) |
| GOES-2 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 2 (1977 - 1993) |
| GOES-3 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 3 (1978 - 1993) |