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Appendix
Key TIR sensors and their basic characteristics for missions operating from 2000
and up to 2020 (data obtained from CEOS 2009):
• Along Track Scanning Radiometer 2 (ATSR-2)
• Advanced along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR)
• Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer 3 (AVHRR/3)
• Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
• Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI)
• Visible and Infrared Sounder (VIRS)
• Meteosat Third Generation (MTG)
• MTSAT Imager
• GOES Imager
• Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
• Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR)
• Multispectral Visible and Infrared Scan Radiometer (10 channels)
• Visible and Infra-red Scan Radiometer (VIRR)
The following tables list each instruments’ name, mission(s), spatial resolution,
swath, wavebands, description, as in:
Instrument
Mission(s)
Spatial resolution
Swath width
Spectral bands
Description
Along track scanning radiometer 2 (ATSR-2)
ERS-2 (1995-04-21 2011-12-31)
1.1 km
512 km
VIS – SWIR:
0.65 μm
0.85 μm
1.27 μm
1.6 μm
SWIR-TIR:
1.6 μm
3.7 μm
11 μm
12 μm
Imaging Vis/IR radiometer exploiting different viewing conditions