Measurements and Applications
Measures cloud cover, cloud motion, cloud height, water vapour, rainfall, sea surface temperature and Earth radiation.
Full Name
Imager/MTSAT
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
LRIT/HRIT
Resolution
Visible: 1 km, TIR: 4 km
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
Swath
Full Earth disk every hour
[Max Swath: 8 km]
Waveband
VIS - SWIR: 0.55 - 0.80 µm, MWIR - TIR: 3.5 - 4 µm, 6.5 - 7 µm, 10.3 - 11.3 µm, 11.5 - 12.5 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
MTSAT-1 - Multi-functional Transport Satellite (1999 - 1999) |
| MTSAT-2 - Multi-functional Transport Satellite-2 (2006 - 2017) |
MTSAT-3 - Multi-functional Transport Satellite (2013 - 2018) |