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Appendix 20.1. Existing and future remote sensing satellites and sensors relevant to hydrological applications
Satellite
Launch
Sensors
Orbit
Orbit Details
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4 days (57 revisit)
circular
ADEOSII
1999
AMSR, Gil, POLDER,
Polar
sun synchronous
(NASDA)
Sea-Winds
1030± 15 minLST
802.9 km
101 min
DMSP
1965-1997
SSM/I
Polar
sun synchronous
(NOAA)
830km
Electro-GOMS
Nl
1994
BTVK
Geostationary
Geostationary
~RSA2
AA TSR, ASAR, DORlS35 day repeat
ENVISAT I
1999
NG, GOMOS, MERIS,
Polar
780-820 km
(ESA)
MIP AS, MWR, RA-2,
100.59 min
SCIAMACHY
sun synchronous
EOS
1999
ASTER, CERES, MISR,
1330 LST (ascending)
AMI/PMI
2000
MODIS, MOPITT, AIRS,
Polar
1030 LST (descending)
(NASA)
AMSR-E, AMSU, HSB
705 km
99 min
AMI-SAR image mode
35 day repeat
ERS 112
1991
AMI-SAR wave mode
777km
(ESA)
1995
AMI-Scatterometer mode
Polar
98.5° inclination
ATSR, ATSR-2, MWR,
100.5 min
RA,GOME
ESSP
2000
VCL
Polar
390-410 km
(NASA)
55° inclination
FY-2
Multispectral Visible &
(China
1996
IR Scan Radiometer (3 Geostationary
Geostationary
~CMA22
channeQ
GMS
1995
VISSR
Geostationary
Geostationary
~NASDA2
GOES
1974 - PreVISSR
Geostationary
Geostationary
~NOAA2
sent
IMAGER
HYDROSTAR
2003
HYDROSTAR
Polar
3 Day Repeat
~ESSP2
IN SAT
1992
VHRR
G '
Geostationary
~ISR02
1993
BSS & FSS T
d
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ransEon ers