OSCAR

The sorting column describes how the instruments, by design, have the potential to contribute to certain pre-determined capabilities, assuming nominal operation of space and ground segments. For this particular capability, instrument performance is considered to be driven by:

• the channel bandwidth, controlling the suitability to retrieve Chlorophyll concentration, Colour Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM), Diffused Attenuation Coefficient (DAC) and Suspended Sediment Concentration of open-ocean waters only, or also in coastal zones.

 Sorting criteria and colour code:

1. Radiometer with >=6 channels in VIS, with bandwidth <=10 nm.
2. Radiometer with >=6 channels in VIS, with bandwidth <=20 nm, out of which >=3 with bandwidth <=10 nm.
3. Radiometer with >=6 channels in VIS, with bandwidth <=20 nm.
4. Radiometer with >=3 channels in VIS, with bandwidth <=20 nm.
5. Radiometer with >=4 channels in VIS, with bandwidth <=20 nm, out of which >=2 with bandwidth <=10 nm.