BackForwardInstrument:  MSU-M 

Instrument details
Acronym MSU-M
Full name Multispectral VNIR radiometer
Purpose Cloud and vegetation observation
Short description 4-channel VIS/NIR radiometer [see detailed characteristics below]
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Pushbroom, swath 2000 km
Resolution 1.5 km at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Near-global, every day (in daylight)
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 1974 to 2000
Last update: 2017-03-27
Detailed characteristics

Central wavelength

Spectral interval

SNR @ specified albedo

0.55 μm

0.5 - 0.6 μm

.… @ …. % albedo

0.65 μm

0.6 - 0.7 μm

.… @ …. % albedo

0.75 μm

0.7 - 0.8 μm

.… @ …. % albedo

0.95 μm

0.8 - 1.1 μm

.… @ …. % albedo

Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Moderate resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • VIS/IR imagery; realisation of a Day/Night band [in SSO]
  • VIS/IR imager [in SSO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Cloud cover
  • Cloud optical depth
Evaluation of Measurements