CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- ASTER
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Full Name
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Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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METI , NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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High resolution optical imagers 
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Geometry
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Instrument Technology
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High resolution optical imager
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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HDF-EOS or GeoTiff
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Measurements and Applications
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Surface and cloud imaging with high spatial resolution, stereoscopic observation of local topography, cloud heights, volcanic plumes, and generation of local surface digital elevation maps. Surface temperature and emissivity. ASTER SWIR detectors are no longer functioning due to anomalously high SWIR detector temperatures. ASTER SWIR data acquired since April 2008 are not useable, and show saturation of values and severe striping. All attempts to bring the SWIR bands back to life have failed, and no further action is envisioned.
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Resolution Summary
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VNIR: 15 m, stereo: 15 m horizontally and 25 m vertical, SWIR: 30 m, TIR: 90 m
[Best Resolution: 15m]
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Swath Summary
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60 km
[Max Swath: 60 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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VNIR and SWIR: 4% (absolute), TIR: 4 K, Geolocation: 7 m
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Waveband Summary
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VIS and NIR: 3 bands in 0.52 - 0.86 µm, SWIR: 6 bands in 1.6 - 2.43 µm, TIR: 5 bands in 8.125 - 11.65 µm
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| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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