Measurements and Applications
Continuous monitoring capability for the near real-time generation of high-resolution meteorological products and long-term change analysis of sea surface temperature and cloud coverage. Ceased operations from 1 April 2020.
Full Name
Meteorological Imager
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Earth disk scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF
Resolution
VIS: 1 km, IR: 4 km
[Best Resolution: 1000m]
Swath
Full Earth disk
[Max Swath: 11000 km]
Waveband
1: VIS, 0.55 - 0.80 µm; 2: SWIR: 3.50 - 4.00 µm; 3: WV (Waver Vapour): 6.50 - 7.00 µm; 4: TIR1 (Thermal Infrared 1): 10.3 - 11.3 µm, 5: TIR2 (Thermal Infrared 2): 11.5 - 12.5 µm
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
COMS - Communications, Ocean, and Meteorological Satellit (2010 - 2021) |