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Instrument: IR (Meteor-2)

Instrument details

Acronym	IR (Meteor-2)
Full name	Infrared Instrument
Purpose	Cloud observation
Short description	Single channel radiometer, 8-12 µm
Background	Follow-on of IR flown on the Meteor-1 series
Scanning Technique	Cross-track, 1000 km swath
Resolution	15 km
Coverage / Cycle	Global in 1.5 days
Mass		Power	Data Rate

Providing Agency	Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity	Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period:	1975 to 1995
Last update:	2012-09-05

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-2 (RosHydroMet)
- Meteor-2-1 (see instrument status) Oct 1975 - Jan 1977
- Meteor-2-2 (see instrument status) Apr 1977 - Jul 1978
- Meteor-2-3 (see instrument status) Mar 1978 - Jun 1979
- Meteor-2-4 (see instrument status) Jun 1979 - Sep 1980
- Meteor-2-5 (see instrument status) Jan 1980 - Apr 1981
- Meteor-2-6 (see instrument status) Dec 1980 - Mar 1982
- Meteor-2-7 (see instrument status) Aug 1981 - Nov 1982
- Meteor-2-8 (see instrument status) Jun 1982 - Sep 1983
- Meteor-2-9 (see instrument status) Mar 1983 - Jun 1984
- Meteor-2-10 (see instrument status) Jan 1984 - Apr 1985
- Meteor-2-11 (see instrument status) Oct 1984 - Jan 1986
- Meteor-2-12 (see instrument status) May 1985 - Jul 1986
- Meteor-2-13 (see instrument status) Mar 1986 - Jun 1987
- Meteor-2-14 (see instrument status) Aug 1986 - Nov 1987
- Meteor-2-15 (see instrument status) Apr 1987 - Jul 1988
- Meteor-2-16 (see instrument status) Nov 1987 - Feb 1989
- Meteor-2-17 (see instrument status) Apr 1988 - Jul 1990
- Meteor-2-18 (see instrument status) May 1989 - Aug 1990
- Meteor-2-19 (see instrument status) Sep 1990 - Dec 1991
- Meteor-2-20 (see instrument status) Dec 1990 - Mar 1992
- Meteor-2-21 (see instrument status) Nov 1993 - Feb 1995

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