CCD camera Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Cloud and vegetation monitoring.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Charged Coupled Device Camera
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR)
Geometry
TBD
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
1 x 1 km
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
Swath
Normal: 6000 (N-S) X 6000 km (E-W) anywhere on earth disc, Program: 6000 (N-S) X (n X 300) km (E-W): n and number of frames programmable
Accuracy
Waveband
VIS: 0.62 - 0.68 µm; NIR: 0.77 - 0.86 µm; SWIR: 1.55 - 1.69 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)
SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm)

Instrument Missions

INSAT-2E - Indian National Satellite - 2E (1999 - 2011)
INSAT-3A - Indian National Satellite - 3A (2003 - 2016)

Instrument Measurements