2020-01-29 17:39:50.0 [sritz] update Definition (https://pmm.nasa.gov/TRMM/VIRS);
2020-01-29 17:32:29.0 [sritz] update Definition (The Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) is one of the primary instruments aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) observatory. VIRS is one of the three instruments in the rain-measuring package and serves as a very indirect indicator of rainfall. It also ties in TRMM measurements with other measurements that are made routinely using the meteorological Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites POES) and those that are made using the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by the United States. More Information: https://pmm.nasa.gov/TRMM/VIRS Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: VIRS 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: VIRS Long_Name: TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner End_Group Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors Short_Name: VIRS End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: TRMM End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 0.63 micrometers End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Infrared > Reflected Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 1.6 micrometers End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Infrared > Thermal Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 3.75 to 12 micrometers End_Group Online_Resource: https://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/virs.html Online_Resource: https://pmm.nasa.gov/TRMM/VIRS Creation_Date: 2007-05-08 Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 49.8 Kbps (day), 28.8 Kbps (night) Instrument_Start_Date: 1997-12-20 Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group);
Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers
VIRS
The Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) is one of the primary instruments aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) observatory. VIRS is one of the three instruments in the rain-measuring package and serves as a very indirect indicator of rainfall. It also ties in TRMM measurements with other measurements that are made routinely using the meteorological Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites POES) and those that are made using the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) operated by the United States. More Information: https://pmm.nasa.gov/TRMM/VIRS Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: VIRS 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: VIRS Long_Name: TRMM Visible Infrared Scanner End_Group Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors Short_Name: VIRS End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: TRMM End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 0.63 micrometers End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Infrared > Reflected Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 1.6 micrometers End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Infrared > Thermal Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 3.75 to 12 micrometers End_Group Online_Resource: https://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/overview_dir/virs.html Online_Resource: https://pmm.nasa.gov/TRMM/VIRS Creation_Date: 2007-05-08 Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 49.8 Kbps (day), 28.8 Kbps (night) Instrument_Start_Date: 1997-12-20 Instrument_Owner: USA/NASA End_Group End_Group