ENVISAT MERIS Global Binned Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) Data, version R2022.0

Description

MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) is a programmable, medium-spectral resolution, imaging spectrometer operating in the solar reflective spectral range. Fifteen spectral bands can be selected by ground command. The instrument scans the Earth's surface by the so called 'push-broom' method. Linear CCD arrays provide spatial sampling in the across-track direction, while the satellite's motion provides scanning in the along-track direction. MERIS is designed so that it can acquire data over the Earth whenever illumination conditions are suitable. The instrument's 68.5-degree field-of-view around nadir covers a swath width of 1150 km. This wide field of view is shared between five identical optical modules arranged in a fan shape configuration.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 NASA Ocean Color Web - Algorithm Description Documentation https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/atbd/
21 NASA Ocean Color Web - Processing History https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/reprocessing/
21 NASA Ocean Color Web - Data Citation Policy https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/citations/
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FENVISAT%2FMERIS%2FL3B%2FRRS%2F2022
21 MERIS L3B Remote-Sensing Reflectance (RRS) Dataset Landing Page https://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/10.5067/ENVISAT/MERIS/L3B/RRS/2022

Tags

  • aerosols
  • oceans
  • atmosphere
  • ocean-optics
  • earth-science

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