CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - AVNIR-2 -
Full Name Advanced Visible and Near Infra-red Radiometer type 2 Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies JAXA Maturity Medium Heritage
Instrument Type High resolution optical imagers Geometry Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology High resolution optical imager Sampling Imaging
Data Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications High resolution multi-spectral imager for land applications which include environmental monitoring, agriculture and forestry, disaster monitoring.
Resolution Summary 10 m
[Best Resolution: 10m]
Swath Summary 70 km
[Max Swath: 70 km]
Accuracy Summary Surface Resolution:10 m (Nadir) Radiometric: Band1-3 3%RMS, Band4 7%RMS
Waveband Summary VIS: 0.42 - 0.50 µm, 0.52 - 0.60 µm, 0.61 - 0.69 µm, NIR: 0.76 - 0.89 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Albedo and reflectanceEarth surface albedo
Landscape topographyLand surface topography
Multi-purpose imagery (land)Fire fractional cover
Land surface imagery
Sea ice cover, edge and thicknessSea-ice cover
Snow cover, edge and depthSnow cover
VegetationNormalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Vegetation type
Land cover
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Albedo click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Fire click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Land cover click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Snow click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
ALOS - Advanced Land Observing Satellite (2006 - 2011)