The NIMBUS-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) status and processing are reviewed, and future American ocean color instruments are introduced. The CZCS is probably dead, but an attempt to restart it is planned. A wide field instrument for LANDSAT-6 and 7 (WIFS) and a wiskbroom imaging spectrometer (MODIS-T) for Columbus Polar Platforms are outlined. The WIFS and MODIS-T specifications are similar: 64 bands in the range 400 to 1030 nm, with 15 to 30 nm bandwidth; 1 km resolution from 850 km altitude; 64 km footprint along track; 1500 km scan across track; and 10 yr continuous operation life.


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    Title :

    Update of NASA's ocean colour activities


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    Publication date :

    1987-07-01


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    Conference paper


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    English


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