CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- KHCS
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Full Name
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KhalifaSat Camera System
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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MBRSC , UAE SA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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High resolution optical imagers 
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Geometry
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Push-broom scanning
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Instrument Technology
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High resolution optical imager
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Constrained Access
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Data Format
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GEOTIFF
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Measurements and Applications
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Biomass, FAPAR, fraction of vegetated land, land cover, LAI, NDVI, vegetation type.
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Resolution Summary
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0.75m for panchromatic imagery and 3m in four multispectral bands.
[Best Resolution: 0.75m]
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Swath Summary
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12km
[Max Swath: 12 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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552 ~ 892 nm (PAN-1), 554 ~ 897 nm (PAN-2) 457 ~ 520 nm (MS1-1), 460 ~ 521 nm (MS1-2) 521 ~ 591 nm (MS2-1), 523 ~ 592 nm (MS2-2)629 ~ 691 nm (MS3-1), 629 ~ 691 nm (MS3-2) 766 ~ 884 nm (MS4-1), 770 ~ 888 nm (MS4-2)
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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