The NIMBUS-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner, and ERS-1 Ocean Color Monitor studies are recalled, and a pushbroom CCD imaging spectrometer is introduced. Ground pixel size is 300 m, swath width is 1071 km, and it has 8 spectral bands going from 0.4 to 1 micron. Studies on chlorophylls and yellow substances in sea water are mentioned.
Overview of ESA's (European Space Agency's) Activities in Ocean Color Remote Sensing
1987
3 pages
Report
No indication
English
Physical & Chemical Oceanography , Oceanographic Vessels, Instruments, & Platforms , European space agency , European space programs , Oceanographic parameters , Remote sensing , Water color , Charge coupled devices , Chlorophylls , Coastal zone color scanner , Infrared spectrometers , Pushbroom sensor modes , Foreign technology