CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- POLDER
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Full Name
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POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectances
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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CNES , JAXA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Multiple direction/polarisation radiometers 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-channel/direction/polarisation 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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Measures polarization, and directional and spectral characteristics of the solar light reflected by aerosols, clouds, oceans and land surfaces.
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Resolution Summary
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6 x 7 km
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Swath Summary
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2400 (across track) x 1800 km (along track)
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Accuracy Summary
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Radiation budget, land surface, Reflectance: 2%
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Waveband Summary
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VIS - NIR: 0.443 µm, 0.670 µm and 0.865 µm at 3 polarisations, and 0.443 µm, 0.49 µm, 0.565 µm, 0.763 µm, 0.765 µm and 0.91 µm with no polarisation
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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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