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Instrument details
Acronym
PAN (THEOS)
Full name
Panchromatic Imager
Purpose
Very-high resolution land observation, disasters monitoring
Short description
One panchromatic channel (450-900 nm), supporting MS
Background
Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique
Pushbroom. Swath: 22 km addressable within a Field-of-Regard of 1000 km
Resolution
2 m
Coverage / Cycle
Global coverage in 4 months. Less by strategic pointing
Mass
Power
Data Rate
Providing Agency
GISTDA
Instrument Maturity
Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period:
2009 to ≥2025
Last update:
2021-03-06
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
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 Land surface topography Sea-ice cover Snow cover
Opportunity objectives Cloud cover Glacier topography Ice sheet 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,
click on the respective 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 cross-track steering capability for stereoscopy between images from neighbouri orbits
Ice sheet topography 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel and cross-track steering capability for stereoscopy between images from neighbouring orbits
Land surface topography 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Long time for mapping.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel and cross-track steering capability for stereoscopy between images from neighbouring orbits
Sea-ice cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Snow cover 5 - marginal Cloud sensitive.. Infrequent coverage.. Daylight only. Panchromatic channel
Instrument: PAN (THEOS)