CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AOLCI
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Full Name
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Advanced Ocean and Land Colour Imager
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA , EUMETSAT , COM
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Visible and near-infrared hyperspectral radiometer supporting a wide range of Marine, Land, Atmosphere and Climate Services. Provides enhanced continutity of ocean colour and land colour measurements from OLCI and enhanced synergy with ASLSTR
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Resolution Summary
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150 m (goal 100 m)
[Best Resolution: 150m]
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Swath Summary
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~1400km (similar to OLCI)
[Max Swath: 1400 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Max relative uncertainties for water reflectance over ocean: 350 to 400 nm: 0.0057 or 20%, 400 to 600 nm: 0.0020 or 5%, 600 to 710 nm: 0.0007 or 10%
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Waveband Summary
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All OLCI bands, plus ~200 bands in 340-1020 nm with variable bandwidth (1.25 to 15 nm). Goal of full 340-1020 spectrum at 1.25-nm resolution.
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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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