Orbit: 705 km, 10:30 a.m. descending node (Terra) or 1:30 p.m. ascending node (Aqua), sun-synchronous, near-polar, circular
Scan Rate: 20.3 rpm, cross track
Swath Dimensions: 2330 km (cross track) by 10 km (along track at nadir)
Telescope: 17.78 cm diam. off-axis, afocal (collimated), with intermediate field stop
Size: 1.0 x 1.6 x 1.0 m
Weight: 228.7 kg
Power: 162.5 W (single orbit average)
Data Rate: 10.6 Mbps (peak daytime); 6.1 Mbps (orbital average)
Quantization: 12 bits
Spatial Resolution: 250 m (bands 1-2), 500 m (bands 3-7), 1000 m (bands 8-36) Design Life: 6 years
Primary Use | Band | Bandwidth1 | Spectral Radiance2 |
Required SNR3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Land/Cloud/Aerosols Boundaries |
1 | 620 - 670 | 21.8 | 128 |
2 | 841 - 876 | 24.7 | 201 | |
Land/Cloud/Aerosols Properties |
3 | 459 - 479 | 35.3 | 243 |
4 | 545 - 565 | 29.0 | 228 | |
5 | 1230 - 1250 | 5.4 | 74 | |
6 | 1628 - 1652 | 7.3 | 275 | |
7 | 2105 - 2155 | 1.0 | 110 | |
Ocean Color/ Phytoplankton/ Biogeochemistry |
8 | 405 - 420 | 44.9 | 880 |
9 | 438 - 448 | 41.9 | 838 | |
10 | 483 - 493 | 32.1 | 802 | |
11 | 526 - 536 | 27.9 | 754 | |
12 | 546 - 556 | 21.0 | 750 | |
13 | 662 - 672 | 9.5 | 910 | |
14 | 673 - 683 | 8.7 | 1087 | |
15 | 743 - 753 | 10.2 | 586 | |
16 | 862 - 877 | 6.2 | 516 | |
Atmospheric Water Vapor |
17 | 890 - 920 | 10.0 | 167 |
18 | 931 - 941 | 3.6 | 57 | |
19 | 915 - 965 | 15.0 | 250 | |
Primary Use | Band | Bandwidth1 | Spectral Radiance2 |
Required NE[Δ]T(K)4 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
20 | 3.660 - 3.840 | 0.45(300K) | 0.05 |
21 | 3.929 - 3.989 | 2.38(335K) | 0.20 | |
22 | 3.929 - 3.989 | 0.67(300K) | 0.07 | |
23 | 4.020 - 4.080 | 0.79(300K) | 0.07 | |
Atmospheric Temperature |
24 | 4.433 - 4.498 | 0.17(250K) | 0.25 |
25 | 4.482 - 4.549 | 0.59(275K) | 0.25 | |
Cirrus Clouds Water Vapor |
26 | 1.360 - 1.390 | 6.00 | 150(SNR) |
27 | 6.535 - 6.895 | 1.16(240K) | 0.25 | |
28 | 7.175 - 7.475 | 2.18(250K) | 0.25 | |
Cloud Properties | 29 | 8.400 - 8.700 | 9.58(300K) | 0.05 |
Ozone | 30 | 9.580 - 9.880 | 3.69(250K) | 0.25 |
Surface/Cloud Temperature |
31 | 10.780 - 11.280 | 9.55(300K) | 0.05 |
32 | 11.770 - 12.270 | 8.94(300K) | 0.05 | |
Cloud Top Altitude |
33 | 13.185 - 13.485 | 4.52(260K) | 0.25 |
34 | 13.485 - 13.785 | 3.76(250K) | 0.25 | |
35 | 13.785 - 14.085 | 3.11(240K) | 0.25 | |
36 | 14.085 - 14.385 | 2.08(220K) | 0.35 | |
1 Bands 1 to 19 are in nm; Bands 20 to 36 are in µm Note: Performance goal is 30-40% better than required |