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Instrument details
Acronym
MEOSS
Full name
Monocular Electro-Optical Stereo Scanner
Purpose
Land observation with along-track stereo capability for topography
Short description
Panchromatic, 0.57-0.7 µm. Stereo camera system capable of recording three images simultaneously with a single lens by means of linear scanning
Background
Failed with satellite at launch
Scanning Technique
Pushbroom, swath 510 km, simultaneous fore-, nadir and aft- views
Resolution
50 m along track, 158 m cross-track, 45 m in vertical direction
Coverage / Cycle
Global in 5 days
Mass
Power
Data Rate
Providing Agency
DLR
Instrument Maturity
Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:
1993-09-20 to 1993-09-20
Last update:
2017-03-28
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on
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green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates
future satellites
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
Secondary mission objectives Glacier cover Sea-ice cover Snow cover Opportunity objectives Glacier topography Ice sheet topography Land surface topography Show all Show fewer
Tentative 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,
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Variable Relevance for measuring this variable Operational limitations Explanation
Cloud cover 5 - marginal Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Fire fractional cover 2 - very high Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel with high resolution, for fire boundary detection
Glacier cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel with high resolution, for glacier boundary detection
Glacier topography 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy between successive images along the orbit
Ice sheet topography 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy between successive images along the orbit
Land surface topography 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel and along-track steering capability for stereoscopy between consecutive images along the orbit
Sea-ice cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Snow cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Instrument: MEOSS