EM 1110-2-2907
1 October 2003
PR
250 km
13.796 GHz and
Measures and maps
http://www.eoc.nasda.g
13.802 GHz
rainfall (3-D)
o.jp/guide/satellite/send
ata/pr_e.html
PRISM
2.5 m
0.52 - 0.77mm
For digital elevation
http://www.nasda.go.jp/
projects/sat/alos/compo
mapping
nent_e.html
62 cm to 2.5 m
QUICKBIRD
Blue: 450 - 520 nm
Forest fires, urban,
Green: 520 - 600 nm
vegetation, surveillance
Red: 630 - 690 nm
Near-IR: 760-890 nm
Pan: 450 - 900 nm
RADARSAT
10, 25, 50,
Land-use/cover, change
and 100 m
c-band (5.6 cm)
detection
SeaWinds
50 km
Ocean wind speed and
GHz
direction
SPOT
10 m
Band 1: green-red,
Useful for visual
PAN
0.51 - 0.73 m
interpretation and
improving low spatial
resolution multi-spectral
data
20 m
Band 1: green, 0.50-
Monitors healthy
XS
0.59m
vegetation
Band 2: red, 0.61-
Distinguishes plant
0.68m
species, soil, and
Band 3: near IR,
Vegetation biomass and
0.79-0.89m
emphasizes soil/crop and
Band 4: short-wave
Soil and leaf moisture
IR, 1.5-1.75m
TMI
6-50 km
10.7, 19.4, 21.3, 37,
Rainfall rates and
and 85.5 GHz
D-4