CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SeaWiFS
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Full Name
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Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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Orbital , NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Ocean colour instruments 
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Geometry
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Instrument Technology
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Medium-resolution spectro-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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HDF
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Measurements and Applications
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Data on aerosols and ocean colour and biology. OrbView-2 is a commercial mission where NASA retains all rights to data for research purposes, while Orbital retains all rights for commercial and operational purposes.
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Resolution Summary
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1.1 km (local) and 4.4 km (global) at nadir
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Swath Summary
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1500 - 2800 km
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Accuracy Summary
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5% (absolute radiometric accuracy)
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Waveband Summary
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VIS - NIR: 0.402 - 0.422 µm, 0.433 - 0.453 µm, 0.48 - 0.5 µm, 0.5 - 0.52 µm, 0.545 - 0.565 µm, 0.66 - 0.68 µm, 0.745 - 0.785 µm and 0.845 - 0.885 µm
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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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