BackForwardInstrument:  HRSAT-1 

Instrument details
Acronym HRSAT-1
Full name High Resolution Satellite - 1
Purpose High resolution land observation
Short description Information only partially available. It should iinclude a panchromatic channel (PAN), a VIS/NIR multispectral radiometer (MX, presumably 4 channels), and a so-called LWIR channel, presumably in MWIR.
Background New development
Scanning Technique Push-broom, swath 15 km (PAN and MX), 6 km (LWIR). Addressable within a field-of-regard of 400 km
Resolution 1 m (PAN, 4 m (MX), 20 m (LWIR)
Coverage / Cycle Depending on pointing strategy. Minimum I day, in daylight
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency ISRO
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2022 to 2029
Last update: 2022-07-27
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 No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Biomass
  • Fire fractional cover
  • Fraction of vegetated land
  • Leaf Area Index (LAI)
  • Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
  • Vegetation type
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
Biomass*5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Index only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels. Biomass inferred from NDVI
Cloud cover5 - marginalInfrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Cloud drop effective radius3 - highAt cloud top.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage.Channels in VIS, NIR and the MWIR window around 3.7 micrometers (for differentiation)
Cloud ice effective radius3 - highAt cloud top.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage.Channels in VIS, NIR and the MWIR window around 3.7 micrometers (for differentiation)
Cloud optical depth4 - fairLow-density cloud only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Fire fractional cover*2 - very highInfrequent coverage.. Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.MWIR window channel(s) around 3.7 micrometers
Fire radiative power3 - highCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.MWIR window channel(s) around 3.7 micrometers
Fire temperature3 - highCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.MWIR window channel(s) around 3.7 micrometers
Fraction of vegetated land*2 - very highCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Glacier cover4 - fairCloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels; and panchromatic channel with high resolution, for glacier boundary detection
Land cover2 - very highCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Land surface temperature4 - fairCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Affected by sunlight.MWIR window channel(s) around 3.7 micrometers (high sensitivity to high temperature, cloud impact reduction)
Leaf Area Index (LAI)*4 - fairCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.. Infrequent coverage.VIS and NIR channels. LAI inferred from NDVI
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)*2 - very highCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.VIS and NIR channels
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR)5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.VIS channels, range undersampled
Sea surface temperature4 - fairCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Affected by sunlight.MWIR window channel(s) (cloud impact reduction)
Short-wave cloud reflectance5 - marginalInfrequent coverage.VIS and NIR channels. Unsuitable dynamic range (saturation)
Snow cover4 - fairCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS, NIR and panchromatic (higher resolution) channels
Soil moisture at surface5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Index only.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels. Soil moisture inferred from differential brightness
Soil type2 - very highCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA5 - marginalSpectral interpolation needed.. Information on BRDF needed.. Infrequent coverage.VIS and NIR channels
Vegetation type*3 - highCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Aerosol volcanic ash5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR channels
Sea-ice cover5 - marginalCloud sensitive.. Daylight only.VIS and NIR (for contour enhancement) channels