Historical Ocean-Colour Sensors


SENSOR/
Data Source
AGENCY SATELLITE OPERATING DATES SWATH
(km)
SPATIAL
RESOLUTION
(m)
# OF
BANDS
SPECTRAL
COVERAGE(nm)
ORBIT
CZCS NASA
(USA)
Nimbus-7
(USA)
24/10/78 - 22/6/86 1556 825 6 433-12500 Polar
CMODIS CNSA
(China)
SZ-3
(China)
25/3/02 - 15/9/02 650-700 400 34 403-12,500 Polar
COCTS
CZI
SOA
(China)
HY-1A
(China)
15/5/02 - 1/4/04 1400
500
1100
250
10
4
402-12,500
420-890
Polar
GLI NASDA
(Japan)
ADEOS-II
(Japan)
14/12/02 - 24/10/03 1600 250/1000 36 375-12,500 Polar
HICO ONR, DOD and NASA JEM-EF
Int. Space Stn.
18/09/09 - 4/12/14 50 km
Selected coastal scenes
100 124 380 - 1000 51.6o,
15.8 orbits p/d
MERIS ESA
(Europe)
ENVISAT
(Europe)
1/3/02 - 9/5/12 1150 300/1200 15 412-1050 Polar
MOS DLR
(Germany)
IRS P3
(India)
21/3/96 - 31/5/04 200 500 18 408-1600 Polar
OCI NEC
(Japan)
ROCSAT-1
(Taiwan)
27/01/99 - 16/6/04 690 825 6 433-12,500 Polar
OCM ISRO
(India)
IRS-P4
(India)
26/5/99 - 8/8/10 1420 360/4000 8 402-885 Polar
OCTS NASDA
(Japan)
ADEOS
(Japan)
17/8/96 - 29/6/97 1400 700 12 402-12,500 Polar
OSMI KARI
(Korea)
KOMPSAT-1
/Arirang-1(Korea)
20/12/99 - 31/1/08 800 850 6 400-900 Polar
POLDER CNES
(France)
ADEOS
(Japan)
17/8/96 - 29/6/97 2400 6 km 9 443-910 Polar
POLDER-2 CNES
(France)
ADEOS-II
(Japan)
14/12/02 - 24/10/03 2400 6000 9 443-910 Polar
POLDER-3 CNES
(France)
Parasol Dec 2004 - Dec 2013 2100 6000 9 443-1020 Polar
SeaWiFS NASA
(USA)
OrbView-2
(USA)
01/08/97 - 14/02/11 2806 1100 8 402-885 Polar

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