Measurements and Applications
Marine and land services.
Full Name
Ocean and Land Colour Imager
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
and Ocean colour instruments
Geometry
Nadir-viewing
Instrument Technology
Medium-resolution spectro-radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
300 m
[Best Resolution: 300m]
Swath
1270 km, across-track tilt 12.2 deg to the West
[Max Swath: 1270 km]
Accuracy
2% abs, 0.1% rel.
Waveband
21 bands in VNIR/SWIR
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
Sentinel-3 A - Sentinel-3 A (2016 - 2026) |
| Sentinel-3 B - Sentinel-3 B (2018 - 2028) |
Sentinel-3 C - Sentinel-3 C (2026 - 2036) |
| Sentinel-3 D - Sentinel-3 D (2028 - 2038) |