CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- WiFS
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Full Name
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Wide Field Sensor
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ISRO
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Steerable viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR 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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Vegetation and crop monitoring, resource assessment (regional scale), forest mapping, land cover/ land use mapping, and change detection.
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Resolution Summary
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188 m
[Best Resolution: 188m]
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Swath Summary
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810 km
[Max Swath: 810 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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2 channels: R-IR
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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) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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