Measurements and Applications
Thermal radiometer to provide information on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, hydrology, weather, climate, and solid Earth.
Full Name
Orbiting Terrestrial Thermal Emission Radiometer (OTTER) on SBG-TIR
Status
Being developed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High-resolution nadir-scanning IR spectrometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
TBD
Resolution
60 meters @ nadir
[Best Resolution: 60m]
Swath
Cross-track scanning
[Max Swath: 935 km]
Accuracy
Absolute accuracy of ≤ 1 K and Noise Equivalent delta Temperature (NEdT) of ≤ 0.3 K at 300 K
Waveband
TIR bands (8 bands up to ~12 µm)
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
SBG-TIR - Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) Thermal Infrared (TIR) Free Flyer (2029 - 2033) |