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Instrument: IR (Meteor-1)

Instrument details

Acronym	IR (Meteor-1)
Full name	Infrared Instrument
Purpose	Cloud observation
Short description	Single channel radiometer, 8-12 µm
Background	New development
Scanning Technique	Cross-track, 1000 km swath
Resolution	15 km at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle	Global in 1.5 days
Mass		Power	Data Rate

Providing Agency	Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity	Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period:	1969 to 1978
Last update:	2013-02-13

Detailed characteristics

Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Meteor-1 (RosHydroMet)
- Meteor-1-1 (see instrument status) Jun 1969 - Jan 1970
- Meteor-1-2 (see instrument status) Jan 1970 - Jul 1970
- Meteor-1-3 (see instrument status) Jun 1970 - Dec 1970
- Meteor-1-4 (see instrument status) Jul 1970 - Jan 1971
- Meteor-1-5 (see instrument status) Sep 1970 - Mar 1971
- Meteor-1-6 (see instrument status) Jan 1971 - Jul 1971
- Meteor-1-7 (see instrument status) Apr 1971 - Oct 1971
- Meteor-1-8 (see instrument status) Jul 1971 - Jan 1972
- Meteor-1-9 (see instrument status) Oct 1971 - Apr 1972
- Meteor-1-10 (see instrument status) Mar 1972 - Sep 1972
- Meteor-1-11 (see instrument status) Jun 1972 - Dec 1972
- Meteor-1-12 (see instrument status) Sep 1972 - Mar 1973
- Meteor-1-13 (see instrument status) Jan 1973 - Jul 1973
- Meteor-1-14 (see instrument status) Jun 1973 - Dec 1973
- Meteor-1-15 (see instrument status) Aug 1973 - Feb 1974
- Meteor-1-16 (see instrument status) Jun 1974 - Dec 1974
- Meteor-1-17 (see instrument status) Jul 1974 - Jan 1975
- Meteor-1-19 (see instrument status) Jan 1975 - Dec 1975
- Meteor-1-20 (see instrument status) Mar 1975 - Sep 1975
- Meteor-1-21 (see instrument status) Jul 1975 - Jul 1976
- Meteor-1-22 (see instrument status) Dec 1975 - Dec 1976
- Meteor-1-23 (see instrument status) Mar 1976 - Sep 1976
- Meteor-1-24 (see instrument status) Jul 1976 - Jan 1977
- Meteor-1-26 (see instrument status) Jan 1977 - Jul 1977
- Meteor-1-27 (see instrument status) Jul 1977 - Jan 1978
Meteor-Priroda (Roscosmos)
- Meteor-P1 (see instrument status) Oct 1974 - Jul 1976
- Meteor-P2 (see instrument status) Aug 1976 - May 1978

Instrument classification

Earth observation instrument
Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
Moderate resolution optical imager

WIGOS Subcomponents No WIGOS subcomponents have been defined.

Mission objectives

Primary mission objectives

Cloud cover
Cloud top temperature

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.

Note: table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers
Note: * Primary mission objective.

Variable	Relevance for measuring this variable	Operational limitations	Explanation
Cloud cover*	5 - marginal	No specific limitation.	TIR channel(s)
Cloud top temperature*	5 - marginal	No specific limitation.	TIR window channel(s)
Fire fractional cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.	TIR channels
Fire radiative power	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.	TIR channels
Fire temperature	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.	TIR channels
Sea surface temperature	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.	TIR window channel(s) around 11 micrometers .
Wind (horizontal)	5 - marginal	Limited to high latitudes.. Cloud or water vapour tracers needed.	TIR channel(s) around 11 micrometers window