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Measurements > Land >
Vegetation >
Vegetation Cover
  | Measurement Definition*: Fraction of vegetated land in an area - Physical unit: [ % ] - Accuracy unit: [ % ]. |
| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
GSA (1)
Hyperspectral imaging equipment | Operational
| Land surface monitoring | n/a |  |
MS
Multispectral Imager | Operational
| Vegetation and land cover, land cover change. | n/a | |
MSU-IK-SR
Multi-channel medium and far IR range radiometer | Operational
| Parameters of clouds, snow, ice and land cover, vegetation, surface temperature, fire detection. | n/a | |
SLIM-6-22
Surrey Linear Imager - 6 channel - 22m resolution | Operational
| Visible and NIR imagery in support of disaster management - part of the Disaster Management constellation. | n/a | |
CWFMS
Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring Sensor | Being developed
| Measurements are: Fire Radiative Power (FRP), hotspot locations, rate of spread, burned area mapping. Data products generated: 1) Fire maps, showing location, extent, and timing of forest fire events; 2) Fire characteristics, such as fire line intensity, rate of spread and fuel consumption; 3) Plume dynamics through smoke transport maps and plume heights; 4) Mass of carbon released into atmosphere. | n/a | |
CAR
High Resolution Camera | Approved
| Panchromatic and multispectral (Vis/IR) measurements with high spatial resolution, with stereo capability for DEM generation. Applications in emergencies in general, agriculture, land use/land cover, change detection, urban environment, cartography, topography. | n/a | |
L-band SAR (NISAR)
L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) (NISAR) | Approved
| 3-year mission to study solid earth deformation (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides), changes in ice (glaciers, sea ice) and changes in vegetation biomass | n/a | |
VNIR
Visible and Near Infra Red | No longer considered
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* Description adapted from WMO.
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