BackForwardInstrument:  STR (Electro) 

Instrument details
Acronym STR (Electro)
Full name Scanning TV Radiometer
Purpose Cloud observation
Short description 2-channel radiometer, VIS (0.46-0.7 µm) and TIR (10.5-12.5 µm)
Background New development
Scanning Technique Mechanical scanning, E-W and N-S (3-axis stabilised platform)
Resolution VIS: 1.25 km at s.s.p.; TIR: 6.25 km at s.s.p.
Coverage / Cycle Full disk at 30 min intervals
Mass Power Data Rate 2.56 Mbps

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on operational programme
Utilization Period: 1995 to 2000
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

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
  • Cloud cover
  • Cloud top temperature
  • Cloud type
  • Wind (horizontal)
Evaluation of Measurements