BackForwardInstrument:  HRC 

Instrument details
Acronym HRC
Full name High Resolution Camera
Purpose HRC provides grey scale images, approximately 25 km square. It is primarily intended for technology, educational and general public information purposes.
Short description HRC is a miniaturised black and white imager with 5 m ground resolution. It has a detector based on a CCD. It contains 1024 x 1024 pixels of 14 mm size.
Background
Scanning Technique The HRC requires a highly stable and accurate pointing of its two-dimensional CCD to an Earth-fixed target using the "point and stare" feature of the spacecraft.
Resolution A spatial resolution of 8 m.
Coverage / Cycle
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency ESA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2001 to 2024
Last update: 2023-11-06
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • High resolution optical imager
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imagers
  • High-resolution multi-spectral VIS/IR imager
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Land cover
Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Cloud cover5 - marginalInfrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS channel(s)
Fire fractional cover2 - very highCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS channels with high resolution for boundary detection
Glacier cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.VIS channels
Sea-ice cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS channel(s)
Snow cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS channel(s)