Measurements and Applications
Data used for vegetation type assessment, resource assessment, crop stress detection, crop production forecasting, forestry, and for monitoring land use and land cover change.
Full Name
Linear Imaging Self Scanner - II
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers 
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
Bands 2, 3 & 4: 23.5 m, Band 5: 70.5 m
Waveband
VIS: 0.46 - 0.52 µm, 0.52 - 0.59 µm, 0.62 - 0.68 µm, NIR: 0.77 - 0.86 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
IRS-1A - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite - 1A (1988 - 1994) |
| IRS-1B - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite - 1B (1991 - 2002) |
| IRS-P2 - Indian Remote Sensing Satellite - P2 (1994 - 1997) |