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Instrument: MR-2000M

Instrument details

Acronym	MR-2000M
Full name	Television Camera
Purpose	Cloud observation
Short description	Panchromatic camera, 0.5-0.8 ?m
Background	Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique	Cross-track, swath 3100 km
Resolution	1 km at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle	Global each day, in daylight
Mass		Power	Data Rate

Providing Agency	Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity	Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period:	1986 to 1996
Last update:	2017-03-27

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-3 (RosHydroMet)
- Meteor-3-1 (see instrument status) Jan 1986 - Oct 1987
- Meteor-3-2 (see instrument status) Oct 1988 - Jul 1990
- Meteor-3-3 (see instrument status) Jan 1990 - Oct 1991
- Meteor-3-4 (see instrument status) Jul 1991 - Apr 1993
- Meteor-3-5 (see instrument status) Nov 1991 - Aug 1993
- Meteor-3-6 (see instrument status) Apr 1994 - Jan 1996

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

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	Daylight only.. Dense cloud only.	VIS channel(s)
Fire fractional cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.. Daylight only.	VIS channels
Snow cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS channel(s)
Sea-ice cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS channel(s)