Measurements and Applications
Cloud imagery. Television camera, single VIS channel, 108° field of view
Full Name
Automatic Picture Transimission
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
1.8km - 3.0km
[Best Resolution: 1800m]
Swath
1200km - 2200km
[Max Swath: 2200 km]
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
TIROS-8 - Television and InfraRed Observation Satellite (1963 - 1967) |
| NIMBUS-1 - Nimbus 1 (1964 - 1964) |
| NIMBUS-2 - Nimbus 2 (1966 - 1969) |
| ESSA-2 - Environmental Science and Services Administration - 2 (1966 - 1970) |
| ESSA-4 - Environmental Science and Services Administration - 4 (1967 - 1968) |
| ESSA-6 - Environmental Science and Services Administration - 6 (1967 - 1969) |
| ESSA-8 - Environmental Science and Services Administration - 8 (1968 - 1976) |
| NOAA-1 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 1 (1970 - 1971) |
| TIROS M (ITOS-1) - TIROS M (ITOS-1) (1970 - 1971) |