BackForwardInstrument:  HySICS 

Instrument details
Acronym HySICS
Full name Hyper-Spectral Imager for Climate Science
Purpose Benchmark data for climate monitoring: SW componet of the spectral radiance towards Space
Short description Range 0.32-2.3 μm, spectral resolution 4 nm. radiometric accuracy 0.3 %
Background Pathfinder for the SW spectrometer of the full CLARREO mission
Scanning Technique Nadir only
Resolution 50 km
Coverage / Cycle Limited to the latitude belt consequence of the ISS orbital inclination (51.6°)
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency NASA
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2027 to 2028
Last update: 2022-11-28
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Earth observation instrument
  • Passive optical radiometer or spectrometer
  • Cross-nadir shortwave (UV/VIS) sounder
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 1
  • UV/VIS/NIR sounders, nadir and limb
  • UV/VIS/NIR nadir sounder
  • On-orbit measurement reference standards for VIS/NIR, IR, MW absolute calibration.
  • On-orbit measurement reference standards for VIS/NIR, IR, MW absolute calibration.
  • Subcomponent 3
  • NIR spectrometer
  • NIR spectrometer
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Earth surface albedo
  • Integrated Water Vapour (IWV)
  • Upward short-wave irradiance at TOA
  • Upward spectral radiance at TOA
Evaluation of Measurements