CHRIS Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Supports a range of land, ocean and atmospheric applications, including agricultural science, forestry, environmental science, atmospheric science and oceanography.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
36 m or 18 m depending on wavebands selected.
[Best Resolution: 18m]
Swath
14 km
[Max Swath: 14 km]
Accuracy
S/N 200 @ target albedo of 0.2. 12 bits digitisation.
Waveband
VIS - NIR: 400 - 1050 nm (63 spectral bands at a spatial resolution of 36 m; or 18 bands at full spatial resolution (18 m))
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

PROBA - Project for On-Board Autonomy (2001 - 2021)

Instrument Measurements