Sensor Radiometric and Geometric Characteristics
| Satellites |
Sensor |
Scanner |
Radiom.Res. |
Radiom.Acc. |
Geoloc.Acc. |
MTF |
|
ADEOS-1 |
AVNIR-1 |
pushbroom |
8 |
10 |
100 |
>0.20 |
|
ALOS |
AVNIR-2 |
pushbroom |
8 |
4.6 |
75 |
>0.20 |
|
CBERS-1,
2,
2B |
CCD |
pushbroom |
8 |
2 to 15 |
2000 |
0.35 |
|
CBERS-1,
2
|
IRMSS |
whiskbroom |
8 |
10 |
2000 |
0.35 |
|
EO-1 |
ALI |
pushbroom |
16 |
5 |
50 |
0.25 |
|
EO-1 |
Hyperion |
pushbroom |
12 |
6 |
100 |
0.35 |
|
IMS-1 |
MX-T |
pushbroom |
10 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
IRS-1A,
1B |
LISS-I |
pushbroom |
7 |
10 |
2200 |
0.20 |
|
IRS-1A,
1B |
LISS-II |
pushbroom |
7 |
10 |
2200 |
0.20 |
|
IRS-1C,
1D,
P2 |
LISS-IIIA |
pushbroom |
7 |
10 |
1500 |
0.20 |
|
IRS-P6 |
LISS-IIIB |
pushbroom |
7 |
5 |
500 |
0.20 |
|
IRS-P6 |
AWiFS |
pushbroom |
10 |
5 |
500 |
0.20 |
|
JERS-1 |
OPS |
both |
6 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
Landsat 1,
2,
4,
5 |
MSS |
whiskbroom |
6 |
15 |
2000 |
N.A. |
|
Landsat 3 |
MSS-B |
whiskbroom |
6 |
15 |
2000 |
N.A. |
|
Landsat 4,
5 |
TM |
whiskbroom |
8 |
10 |
100 |
N.A. |
|
Landsat 7 |
ETM+ |
whiskbroom |
8 |
5 |
50 |
0.28 |
|
SAC-C |
HRTC |
whiskbroom |
8 |
N.A. |
N.A. |
N.A. |
|
SPOT-1,
2,
3 |
HRV |
pushbroom |
8 |
6 |
400 |
0.25-0.50 |
|
SPOT-4 |
HRVIR |
pushbroom |
8 |
6 |
350 |
0.30-0.50 |
|
SPOT-5 |
HRG |
pushbroom |
8 |
6 |
50 |
>0.30 |
|
Terra |
ASTER |
pushbroom |
8, 12 TIR |
4, 1°K TIR |
50 |
>0.25 |
|
THEOS |
MS |
pushbroom |
8 |
10 |
300 |
0.12 |
Notes:
Scanner refers to the type of scanner used by the sensor, usually either
whiskbroom (across track) or pushbroom (along track).
Both refers to sensors with two independent radiometers, one a whiskbroom
and the other a pushbroom.
Radiom.Res. refers to radiometric resolution or quantization, in bits.
Radiom.Acc. refers to radiometric accuracy, in %.
Geoloc.Acc. refers to absolute systematic geolocation accuracy, in meters.
MTF refers to modulation transfer function at Nyquist frequency.
N.A. indicates that specific information was not available.
