Global environmental monitoring with the EOS multi-angle imaging spectroradiometer (MISR)The MISR provides a unique opportunity for studying the ecology and climate of the earth through the acquisition of systematic, global multiangle imagery in reflected sunlight. MISR uses nine cameras: a nadir camera and two banks of four cameras each pointed forward and aftward along the spacecraft ground track to image the earth at +/-30.7, +/-45.6, +/-60.0, and +/-72.5 deg. Radiometrically calibrated images at each angle will be obtained in four spectral bands centered at 440, 550, 670, and 860 nm. MISR will take image data in two different spatial resolution modes: local mode, in which selected targets are observed with 240-m spatial sampling, and global mode, where the entire sunlit eEarth is observed continuously with 1.92-km sampling. The instrument is capable of acquiring global coverage every nine days.
Document ID
19920052374
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Diner, D. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bruegge, C. J. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Martonchik, J. V. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Bothwell, G. W. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Hovland, L. E. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Jones, K. L. (JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Spacecraft Instrumentation
Meeting Information
Meeting: IGARSS ''91: Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium