Vegetation Cover Measurement Instruments

Measurements > Land > Vegetation > Vegetation Cover
Measurement Definition: Fraction of vegetated land in an area - Physical unit: [ % ] - Accuracy unit: [ % ].
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Instrument DescriptionMeasurement TechnologyTimeline
GSA (1)OperationalLand surface monitoringn/a
L-band SAR (NISAR)Operational3-year mission to study solid earth deformation (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides), changes in ice (glaciers, sea ice) and changes in vegetation biomassn/a
MSOperationalVegetation and land cover, land cover change.n/a
MSU-IK-SROperationalParameters of clouds, snow, ice and land cover, vegetation, surface temperature, fire detection.n/a
PAZ SAR-XOperationalHigh resolution X-band radar for security, land use, urban management, environmental monitoring, risk management. Spotlight, Scansar and Stripmap acquisition modes.n/a
SLIM-6-22OperationalVisible and NIR imagery in support of disaster management - part of the Disaster Management constellation.n/a
HYPCAMBeing developedHYPCAM is a push-broom hyperspectral imaging instrument covering wavelengths from 400 to 2,500 nm with approximately 10 nm spectral sampling. With a target ground sampling distance of 30 m and a swath of about 19 km, it supports agriculture and forestry monitoring, mineral mapping, greenhouse-gas assessment, and environmental monitoring.n/a
SWIR Imager (THEOS-3)Being developedA medium-resolution shortwave-infrared optical payload designed to complement the VNIR instrument and expand THEOS-3 applications for natural resource exploration and environmental monitoring. SWIR data would support vegetation and soil moisture assessment, burned-area and fire-related analysis, mineral and geological mapping, water/cloud/snow discrimination, disaster monitoring, and land surface condition assessment.n/a
VNIR Imager (THEOS-3)Being developedA medium-resolution optical payload covering the visible and near-infrared region, intended to support wide-area Earth observation. Data would support land cover mapping, vegetation monitoring, agriculture assessment, water and coastal observation, natural resource management, disaster monitoring, and environmental applications.n/a
WildFireSat SensorBeing developedMeasurements are: Fire Radiative Power (FRP) for hotspot locations. Data products generated: 1) Fire maps showing location, extent, and timing of forest fire events; 2) Fire characteristics, such as fire line intensity and rate of spread; 3) Information enabling air quality modeling of wildland fire events; 4) Mass of carbon released into atmosphere due to biomass burning.n/a
CARApprovedPanchromatic 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
PLATiNO TIRNo longer consideredDeveloped by Leonardo and SITAEL, PLATiNO-2 TIR will acquire images that will be used to provide valuable services for territories control and protection such as monitoring waters, glaciers, pollutants, state of crops and vegetation, energy consumption in urban areas. PLATiNO-2 is also equipped with the magnetically shielded HT 100, an improved version of SITAEL electric thruster, making PLATiNO-2 one of the first missions in the world to observe the Earth in the Thermal Infrared from a very lown/a