AVNIR Instrument

Measurements and Applications

High resolution multi-spectral imager for land applications which include environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, disaster monitoring.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometor
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
16 m (multi), 8 m (pan)
[Best Resolution: 8m]
Swath
80km
[Max Swath: 80 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

ADEOS - Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (1996 - 1997)

Instrument Measurements