OSMI Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Ocean colour measurements for biological oceanography.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Ocean colour instruments and Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
Whisk-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
1 km
Swath
800 km
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS: 0.412 µm, 0.443 µm, 0.490 µm, 0.555 µm; NIR: 0.765 µm, 0.865 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

KOMPSAT-1 - Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite 1 (1999 - 2008)

Instrument Measurements