Measurements and Applications
Visible and NIR imagery in support of disaster management - part of the Disaster Management constellation.
Full Name
Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel - 22m resolution
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Push-broom scanning
Instrument Technology
High resolution optical imager
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
IMI (custom data format)
Resolution
22 m
[Best Resolution: 22m]
Swath
Two imaging banks each with a 330km swath. The two swaths overlap by 11km, providing a total swath up to 638km
[Max Swath: 638 km]
Accuracy
S/N 150:1 @ target albedo of 0.1.
Waveband
VIS: 0.63 - 0.69 µm, 0.52 - 0.61 µm; NIR: 0.77 - 0.90 µm.
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
UK-DMC2 - UK Disaster Monitoring Constellation 2 (2009 - 2019) |
GEOSAT-1 - GEOSAT-1 (2009 - 2025) |