Pushbroom imaging spectrometer, 7 bands to cover the range 270-2400 nm, spectral resolution ranging from 0.25 to 1.0 nm. spectral oversampling factor 3 [see detailed characteristics below]
Monitoring and calibration information here
Embarking Sentinel-5 on Metop Second Generation implements the Sentinel-5 component of Copernicus, the European Commission's Earth Observation Programme, previously known as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security)
Cross-track: swath 2715 km
Band ID
Spectral range
Spectral resolution
SNR
UV-1
270-300 nm
1.0 nm
100 @ 270 nm
UV-2
300-370 nm
0.5 nm
1000 @ 320 nm
VIS
370-500 nm
1500 @ 420 nm, for λ < 430 nm
1800 @ 460 nm for 430-460 nm
1500 @ 460 nm for λ > 460 nm
NIR-1
685-710 nm
0.4 nm
500 @ 710 nm
NIR-2
750-775 nm
500 @ 750 nm
SWIR-1
1590-1675 nm
0.25 nm
250 @ 1675 nm
SWIR-2
2305-2385 nm
120 @ 2385 nm
Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites
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.