468
E.T. Engman and G.A. Schultz
Sensor
Mission(s)
Spectral Bands
Spatial
Revisit Swath Width
Resolution
Ca~ab.
K band: 13.575
RA-2
ENVISAT 1
GHz, S band:
7km
35 days
3-5 km
3.2 GHz
RLSBO
Ocean-Ol N7
Side-Looking
OKEAN-O
Microwave:
1.5 x 2.0 km
NA
450km
Real-Aperture
SICH-IM
3.1 cm
Radar
RM-0.8
Ocean-Ol N7 Microwave: 0.8
15 x 20 km
NA
550km
SICH-IM
cm
SAR
Synthetic
JERSI
Microwave: 1.275
18mxl8m
42 days
75km
Aperture
GHz
Radar
SAR
RADARSAT
Synthetic
RADARSATC band: 5.3 GHz, Standard: 25 x steerable
Standard: 100
Aperture
2
HH polarization
28 m (4 looks)
km
Radar
8 bands
SeaWiFS
SeaWiFS
412-865 nm
1.13 km
2 days
200km
{20 nm widths}
METEOR-3
N5
SFM-2
METEOR-3M
Solar RadiatiNl
UV: 0.26-004 ~ m
40 x 10 0
NA
NA
on Spectro- METEOR-3M
meter
N2
Resource-O I
N4
SMOS
New Explorer
L-band
50-60 km
3-4 days
-800 km
ESA
HV Eolarization
Passive
13 x 15 km
SSMII
Microwave:
(85 GHz)
Microwave
DMSP
19.35,22.235,
43 x 69km
2/days
1400 km
Imager
37.0 and
(19 GHz)
85.5 GHz
Visible: 0045-0.52
~ m, 0.52-0.6 ~
TM
m, 0.63-0.69 ~ m
Visible and
Thematic
LANDSAT 5
SWIR: 1.55SWIR: 30m
16 days
185 km
Mapper
1.75 ~ m, 2.08TIR: 120m
2.35 ~m TIR:
1004-12.5 I:! m
TMI
Microwave: 10.7,
Vertical: 2.5 km
TRMM
TRMM
1904,21.3,37,
approx.
12 hours
8.8 kbps
Microwave
Horizontal: 18
Imager
and 85.5 GHz
km