Table 1.
Land-oriented (A) and marine oriented (B) multispectral
polar-orbiting satellite sensors used to observe coastal
features. A black bar indicates the application is reasonably well founded.
A grey bar indicates the sensor is not optimal for
this
application but merits consideration. See the References section of this chapter for explanation of symbols, superscripts, Web
sites and acronyms. Table reprinted with permission (Whitehouse, 2003). [Not included
in B: three Chinese research sensors
(CMODIS, COCTS, CZI), the data from which are only available
within China, and one Taiwanese research sensor (OCI). See
www.ioccg.org for technical details on these and other ocean color sensors.]
A Satellite
ORBVIEW 3 QUICKBIRD IKONOS SPOT LANDSAT
& EO
SAC-C
SENSOR MS MS MS HRG ETM & ALI
MMRS
type
1
C C C C C/R R
revisit time (days)
2
~3 ~3 ~3 ~3 16 9
near-real time
3
no no no no no no
spatial resolution (m)
4 2.5 4 10 30 & 30
175/350
Web site
0 1 2 3 4 & 4b
5
Country or agency
USA USA USA France USA Argentina
Floods/Storm Surge
Fronts/Eddies
(biological) Fronts/Eddies
(thermal)
Ice Surface Temperature
Turbidity (coastal)
Vegetation (littoral)
Water Coloring
Constituents
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