WAOSS-B Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Vegetation and Cloud coverage.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
DLR
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
185 m
Swath
533 km
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS: 600 - 670nm, NIR: 840 - 900 nm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

BIRD - Bi-spectral Infrared Detection (2001 - 2005)

Instrument Measurements