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Instrument: MSU-MR-MP

Instrument details

Acronym	MSU-MR-MP
Full name	VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer for Meteor-MP
Purpose	Multi-purpose VIS/IR imagery
Short description	19 channels in the 0.4-12.5 μm range
Background	Evolution of MSU-MR flown on Meteor-M N1, N2, N2-1, N2-2
Scanning Technique	Cross-track: swath 3000 km
Resolution	0.25-0.5 km
Coverage / Cycle	Global coverage twice/day (IR) or once/day (VIS)
Mass	170 kg	Power	Data Rate	7.5 Mbps

Providing Agency	Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity	Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:	2032 to 2043
Last update:	2021-06-02

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-3M (RosHydroMet)
- Meteor-MP N1 (see instrument status) 2032 - 2040
- Meteor-MP N2 (see instrument status) 2033 - 2043

Instrument classification

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

WIGOS Subcomponents

Subcomponent 1
VIS/IR imagery; realisation of a Day/Night band [in SSO]
VIS/IR imager [in SSO]

Mission objectives

Primary mission objectives

Biomass
Cloud cover
Cloud optical depth
Cloud top height
Cloud top temperature
Cloud type
Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)
Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)
Leaf Area Index (LAI)
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)
Sea surface temperature
Sea-ice 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.

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Note: * Primary mission objective.

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Variable	Relevance for measuring this variable	Operational limitations	Explanation
Cloud cover*	1 - primary	No specific limitation.	VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and TIR channels
Cloud type*	1 - primary	No specific limitation.	VIS, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and TIR channels
Sea-ice cover*	1 - primary	Cloud sensitive.	VIS, NIR (for contour enhancement), SWIR (for discrimination from clouds), MWIR and TIR channels
Cloud top height*	2 - very high	No specific limitation.	TIR channels in window and water vapour band (for emissivity) for temperature; and in CO2 band for atmospheric column above cloud top
Cloud top temperature*	2 - very high	No specific limitation.	TIR channels in window and water vapour band (for emissivity)
Fire radiative power	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.	MWIR and TIR channels
Fire temperature	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.	MWIR and TIR channels
Leaf Area Index (LAI)*	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels
Sea surface temperature*	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.	MWIR and TIR window channels around 3.7 and 11 micrometers (cloud impact reduction, water vapour correction)
Snow cover	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels, enabling screening snow from clouds
Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)*	2 - very high	Cloud sensitive.	NIR and TIR channels around 940 nm, 6.3 micrometers and in the 11 micrometers split window
Aerosol column burden	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS (with narrow bandwidth), NIR and SWIR channels including 760 nm for high-level aerosol
Aerosol effective radius	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS (with narrow bandwidth), NIR (including 760 nm for high-level aerosol), and SWIR channels
Aerosol mass mixing ratio	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS (with narrow bandwidth), NIR and SWIR channels including 760 nm for high-level aerosol
Aerosol Optical Depth	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS (with narrow bandwidth), NIR and SWIR channels including 760 nm for high-level aerosol
Aerosol type	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS (with narrow bandwidth), NIR and SWIR channels including 760 nm for high-level aerosol
Cloud drop effective radius	3 - high	At cloud top.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR, SWIR and MWIR channels (for differentiation)
Cloud ice effective radius	3 - high	At cloud top.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR, SWIR and MWIR channels (for differentiation)
Cloud optical depth*	3 - high	Low-density cloud only.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels
Downward short-wave irradiance at Earth surface	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Highly indirect.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels
Downward long-wave irradiance at Earth surface	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Highly indirect.	MWIR and TIR channels including water vapour and CO2 bands
Land surface temperature	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.	MWIR and TIR window channels (high sensitivity to high temperature, cloud impact reduction, water vapour correction)
Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)*	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.	VIS and NIR channels
Aerosol volcanic ash	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels including 760 nm for high-level ashes
Aerosol volcanic ash Total Column	3 - high	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels including 760 nm for high-level ashes
Upward long-wave irradiance at Earth surface	3 - high	Highly indirect.. Cloud sensitive.	MWIR and TIR channels including water vapour and CO2 bands
Biomass*	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Index only.. Daylight only.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels. Biomass inferred from NDVI and LAI
Fire fractional cover	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Coarse spatial resolution.	VIS, MWIR and TIR channels
Fraction of Absorbed PAR (FAPAR)*	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.	VIS channels including Red at 700 nm
Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR)	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.	VIS channels, range undersampled
Short-wave cloud reflectance	4 - fair	No specific limitation.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels
Soil moisture at surface	4 - fair	Cloud sensitive.. Index only.	VIS, SWIR, MWIR and TIR channels. Soil moisture inferred from differential brightness and thermal inertia
Upward long-wave irradiance at TOA	4 - fair	Spectral interpolation needed.	MWIR and TIR channels in windows around 3.7 and 11 micrometers, and in water vapour and CO2 bands around 4,3, 6.3 and 15 micrometers
Wind (horizontal)	4 - fair	Limited to high latitudes.. Cloud or water vapour tracers needed.	TIR channels in the 11 micrometers window and the 6.3 micrometers water vapour band
Colour Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM)	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	A few narrow-bandwidth VIS channels, suitable for a few water types, mainly in open ocean
Earth surface albedo	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.	VIS channels
Ocean chlorophyll concentration	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	A few narrow-bandwidth VIS channels, suitable for a few water types, mainly in open ocean
Ocean Diffuse Attenuation Coefficient (DAC)	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	A few narrow-bandwidth VIS channels, suitable for a few water types, mainly in open ocean
Ocean suspended sediments concentration	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	A few narrow-bandwidth VIS channels, suitable for a few water types, mainly in open ocean
Oil spill cover	5 - marginal	Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only.	VIS channels with narrow bandwidth
Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA	5 - marginal	Spectral interpolation needed.. Information on BRDF needed.	VIS, NIR and SWIR channels

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