PAN (CBERS-4) Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Agriculture; Forestry; Geology; Natural disaster management; Cartography; Environment monitoring; Fire detection, localization and counting; Hydrology, coastal water mapping; Land use; Surveillance and law enforcement

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Panchromatic and Multispectral Imager
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Low Heritage
Instrument Type
High resolution optical imagers
Geometry
Steerable viewing
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
GEOTIFF

Performance Summary

Resolution
5 m panchromatic and 10 m multispectral
[Best Resolution: 5m]
Swath
60 km
[Max Swath: 60 km]
Accuracy
Waveband
0.52 - 0.59 µm, 0.63 - 0.69 µm, 0.77 - 0.89 µm, 0.51 - 0.85 µm
VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm)
NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm)

Instrument Missions

CBERS-3 - China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 3 (2013 - 2013)
CBERS-4 - China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite - 4 (2014 - 2025)

Instrument Measurements