VISSR
type: Concept
in scheme: instruments
definition: The VISSR, flown on SMS-1 and 2, and GOES-1 through 3, was a dual-band (visible and infrared) spin-scanning imaging device utilized for day and night, two-dimensional, cloud cover pictures from a geosynchronous altitude. This sensor permitted day/night observations of clouds and the determination of temperatures, cloud heights, and wind fields. It consisted of one visible channel (.55 to .70um) and one infrared channel (10.5-12.6um). The ground resolution at nadir in the visible was 0.8km while the infrared was much lower at 7km. The swath width is the Earth disc. Entry taken from: Colwell, R.N. (Editor-in-Chief), Manual of Remote Sensing: Second Edition, Volumes I and II, American Society of Photogrammetry, 1983. Cornillon, P., A Guide to Environmental Satellite Data, University of Rhode Island Marine Technical Report 79, 1982. Rao, P.K., S.J. Holmes, R.K. Anderson, J.S. Winston, and P.E. Lehr, Weather Satellites: Systems, Data, and Environmental Applications, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 1990. ISBN 0-933876-66-1 Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: VISSR Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Spectrometers/Radiometers Instrument_Subtype: Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers Short_Name: VISSR Long_Name: Visible and Infrared Spin Scan Radiometer End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: SMS-2 Short_Name: SMS-1 Short_Name: GOES-1 Short_Name: GOES-2 Short_Name: GOES-3 End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Infrared > Thermal Number_Channels: 1 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 10.5 μm - 12.6 μm (GOES-1, SMS-1, SMS-2) End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Number_Channels: 1 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 0.55 μm - 0.70 μm (GOES-1, SMS-1, SMS-2) End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Infrared > Thermal Number_Channels: 1 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Ra…

Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
type: Concept