CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - MAIA -
Full Name Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols Status Being developed
Instrument Agencies ASI, NASA Maturity
Instrument Type Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) Geometry Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer Sampling Imaging
Data Access Constrained Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Multispectral Imager for air pollution monitoring
Resolution Summary 0.5 km - 1 km
[Best Resolution: 500m]
Swath Summary 300 km
[Max Swath: 300 km]
Accuracy Summary TBD
Waveband Summary VSWIR imager with polarimetric bands
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Instrument Missions
PLT-2 - PLATiNO-2 (2026 - 2029)