Measurements and Applications
Global observations of land, ocean, and atmosphere parameters: cloud/weather imagery, sea-surface temperature, ocean colour, land surface vegetation indices.
Full Name
Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
and Ocean colour instruments
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF5
Resolution
400 m - 1.6 km
[Best Resolution: 400m]
Swath
3000 km
[Max Swath: 3000 km]
Waveband
VIS - TIR: 0.4 - 12.5 µm (22 channels)
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
DWSS |
Suomi NPP - Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (2011 - 2028) |
| NPOESS-1 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1 (2013 - 2020) |
| NPOESS-2 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 2 (2016 - 2022) |
| JPSS-1 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 1 (2017 - 2030) |
| NPOESS-5 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2018 - 2023) |
| NPOESS-3 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3 (2018 - 2025) |
| NPOESS-6 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2019 - 2024) |
| NPOESS-4 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2020 - 2027) |
| JPSS-2 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 2 (2022 - 2030) |
JPSS-4 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 4 (2027 - 2034) |
| JPSS-3 - Joint Polar Satellite System - 3 (2032 - 2039) |
| Category | Parameter |
| Aerosols | Aerosol optical depth (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC)  |
| Aerosol absorption optical depth (LT, HT, LS, HS&M, TC) |
| Albedo and reflectance | Earth surface albedo |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | Cloud base height |
| Atmospheric Winds | Wind vector over land surface (horizontal) |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | Cloud optical depth |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | Cloud imagery |
| Cloud type |
| Cloud cover |
| Cloud top height |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | Fire fractional cover |
| Land surface imagery |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance |
| Ocean colour/biology | Ocean chlorophyll concentration |
| Radiation budget | Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA |
| Upwelling (Outgoing) long-wave radiation at Earth surface |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | Sea-ice type |
| Sea-ice surface temperature |
| Snow cover, edge and depth | Snow cover |
| Soil moisture | Soil moisture at the surface |
| Surface temperature (land) | Land surface temperature |
| Fire temperature |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | Sea surface temperature |
| Vegetation | Normalized Differential Vegetation Index (NDVI) |
| Leaf Area Index (LAI) |
| Vegetation type |
| Land cover |
| Soil type |