Satellite	Sensors	Spatial (meters)	Spectral (micrometers)	Radiometric	Temporal (days)	Acquiring Data	Orbital Characteristics
EOS AM-1	ASTER	15,30,90	.80-17.00 (14 bands)	N/A	16	not continuous, but	polar orbit, cross
(TERRA)	(Advanced		band 1: .52-.60 (green)			capable of changing	equator @ 10:30 AM
	Space-		band 2: .63-.69 (red)			viewing angle,	local time
	borne		band 3: .7-.86 (near IR)			collects an average	circular, sun-synchronous
	Thermal		band 4:1.6-1.7 (SWIR)			8 minutes of data	705 km orbit
	Emission		band 5:  2.145-2.185			per orbit
	and Reflect-		band 6: 2.185 -2.225
	tion Radio-		band 7: 2.235-2.285
	meter)		band 8: 2.295-2.365
			band 9: 2.360-2.430
			band 10: 8.125 - 8.475
			band 11: 8.475-8.825
			band 12: 8.925-9.275
			band 13:10.25 - 10.95
			band 14: 10.95-11.65
	MISR (Multi	275	.20 - .59 (4 bands)		16	views Earth with	same as above
	Angle		band 1: .443 (blue)			cameras pointed in
	Imaging		band 2: .555 (green)			9 different angles
	Spectrorad-		band 3: .670 (red)			all 9 cameras have
	iometer)		band 4: .865 (near IR)			4 bands (blue, green
						red, near-infrared)
	MODIS	250, 500, 1000	.4-14.4 (36 bands)		16		same as above
	(Moderate		center of channel =
	Resolution		1.375 microns (NIR)
	Imaging
	Spectrorad-
	iometer)
	CERES	21000	.3-12		16	one CERES will	same as above
	(Clouds and					operate in a cross-
	the Earth's					track scan mode
	Radiant					and the other, a
	Energy					biaxial scan mode
	System)
	MOPITT	22000	2.3, 2.4, 4.7 (3 bands)		16	sensor measures	same as above
	(Measure-					emitted and reflected
	ments of					radiance, uses gas
	Pollution					correlation spectro-
	in the					scopy)
	Troposhere)
NOAA-6,7,	AVHRR	1100	NOAA 6,8,&10:		12 hours	swath width=2700	833 km altitude, at an
8,9,10,11, &	(Advanced		band 1:.580-.68			km	inclination of 98.9 deg.
12-	Very High		band 2:.725-1.10			cross-track scan-	crosses eqator at 2:30
(Polar Orbit-	Resolution		band 3: 3.55-3.93			ning system,	PM and 2:30 AM OR
ing Operat-	Radiometer)		band 4: 10.50- 11.50				7:30 AM and 7:30 PM
ional Enviro-			band 5: none
nmental
Satellites)		1100	NOAA 7,9,11,12:		12 hours
			band 1: .580-.68
			band 2: .725-1.10
			band 3: 3.55 - 3.93
			band 4: 10.30 - 11.30
			band 5: 11.50 - 12.50
	HIRS/21	20400	.69-14.95			atmospheric	same as above
	(High Res-					Temperature and
	olution In-					Humidity
	frared Radi-
	ation
	Sounder)
	Microwave	105000	50.30-57.95 Ghz			swath width of 2348	vertical temperature
	Sounding					km	profiles
	Unit
NOAA-14&	same as
15	above plus
	Solar Back-
	scatter	170000	.16-.40				Ozone study
	Ultraviolet
NOAA-K,L,	AVHRR	1100	.63-12.0		12 hours	same as above	same as above
M and N	HIRS/3	20000	.69-14.95		12 hours	same as above	same as above
	AMSUA2	50000	50.3- - 89.0 GHz		same as above	same as above	same as above
	(Advanced
	Microwave
	Sounding
	Unit)
	AMSUB	16000	89.0-191 Ghz			swath width is
	(Advanced					2200km
	Microwave
	Sounding
	Unit)