CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- METimage
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Full Name
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Multi Spectral Imager
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , DLR
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Maturity
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Medium Heritage
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Instrument Type
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Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
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Geometry
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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF-4 and BUFR
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Measurements and Applications
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Operational multi spectral imager for meteorological EPS-SG VIS/IR Imaging Mission (VII): imagery data for global and regional NWP, NWC, and climate monitoring with information on LST, SST, clouds coverage and micro-physics, land surfaces (vegetation, snow/ice, fire), aerosol and atmospheric motion vectors. Provides collocated cloud mask & characterisation as well as intra-pixel heterogeneity to other EPS-SG missions (with larger footprint).
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Resolution Summary
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Pixel size 500m at Nadir
[Best Resolution: 500m]
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Swath Summary
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2560 km (+/-53°)
[Max Swath: 2700 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Bias error 5% or 0.5K, inter-channel and inter-spatial homogeneity 1% or 0.1K, geo-location accuracy: 0.1 km at nadir
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Waveband Summary
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20 channels from VIS to TIR (0.44 to 13.5 µm), including water vapour and O2 A absorption bands.
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| UV (~0.01 µm - ~0.40 µm) |
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| TIR (~6.0 µm - ~15.0 µm) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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