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EarthCARE MSI  

Definition

  • MSI is a passive instrument of ESA designed and developed by SSTL, Surrey, UK and TNO, Delft, The Netherlands (contractors to EADS Astrium). The objective is to provide complimentary data (context) in support of the other EarthCARE instruments for determination of cloud type, texture, temperature and other microphysical parameters such as cloud phase. MSI provides imagery in the visible (reflectance) and infrared regions (emitted bands) in support of active instruments (information on the horizontal structure of cloud and aerosol fields). MSI is also being used for the calibration of BBR. The instrument operates in a pushbroom mode with two bands in the VNIR (Visible Near Infrared), two bands in the SWIR (Short Wave Infrared). Three bands are in the TIR (Thermal Infrared) part of the spectrum. The instrument is nadir-pointing with a spatial resolution of 500 m and a swath width of 150 km. 67) 68) 69) 70) 71) 72) 73) 74) The MSI instrument is of MIBS (Microbolometer Spectrometer) design heritage, a breadboard hyperspectral imager with uncooled bolometer detectors, developed by TNO Science and Industry, Delft, The Netherlands. MIBS is able to provide co-registered measurements in the 7 to 14 µm wavelength region yielding acceptable NEDT performance on the basis of currently available standard detectors. The MSI instruments consists of two parts: • VNS (VNIR-SWIR) system, radiometrically calibrated using a sun-illuminated diffuser • TIR (Thermal Infrared) calibrated system using cold space and an internal black-body. (en)

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  • 2018-07-04 12:02:20.0 [mmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (EarthCARE MSI [081f9b6e-d0a0-4f1d-ad8a-638189418480,367755] - Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers [944b7691-af37-4fb4-9393-c114e7997829,347979]);
  • 2018-07-04 12:06:43.0 [mmorahan] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: EarthCARE Multi-Spectral Imager language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: MSI is a passive instrument of ESA designed and developed by SSTL, Surrey, UK and TNO, Delft, The Netherlands (contractors to EADS Astrium). The objective is to provide complimentary data (context) in support of the other EarthCARE instruments for determination of cloud type, texture, temperature and other microphysical parameters such as cloud phase. MSI provides imagery in the visible (reflectance) and infrared regions (emitted bands) in support of active instruments (information on the horizontal structure of cloud and aerosol fields). MSI is also being used for the calibration of BBR. The instrument operates in a pushbroom mode with two bands in the VNIR (Visible Near Infrared), two bands in the SWIR (Short Wave Infrared). Three bands are in the TIR (Thermal Infrared) part of the spectrum. The instrument is nadir-pointing with a spatial resolution of 500 m and a swath width of 150 km. 67) 68) 69) 70) 71) 72) 73) 74) The MSI instrument is of MIBS (Microbolometer Spectrometer) design heritage, a breadboard hyperspectral imager with uncooled bolometer detectors, developed by TNO Science and Industry, Delft, The Netherlands. MIBS is able to provide co-registered measurements in the 7 to 14 µm wavelength region yielding acceptable NEDT performance on the basis of currently available standard detectors. The MSI instruments consists of two parts: • VNS (VNIR-SWIR) system, radiometrically calibrated using a sun-illuminated diffuser • TIR (Thermal Infrared) calibrated system using cold space and an internal black-body. language code: en);
  • 2019-02-15 12:39:52.0 [mmorahan] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: bf66ef8c-acc5-4c2f-b519-db0cbee37c99 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);

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