49 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, some color ; 30 cm
OCLC
ocn473121410
July 1986
Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-49).
1. Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose of the report -- 1.2 Review of the results from the Avignon workshop -- 1.3 Plan of the study -- 2. Assessing the value of the proposed channels for the proposed mission -- 2.1 Broad-band VIS channel -- 2.2 Split VIS channels -- 2.3 1.6 um channel -- 2.4 Broad-band IR channel -- 2.5 Split IR channels -- 2.6 3.7 um channel -- 2.7 Broad-band WV channel -- 2.8 Split WV channels -- 2.9 Complementary characteristics of imaging and sounding radiometers -- 3. Operational requirements -- 3.1 Proposed spectral range of channels -- 3.2 Requirements on resolution -- 3.3 Radiometric accuracy -- 3.4 Repeat cycle -- 3.5 Image quality -- 3.6 Interchannel registration -- 3.7 Requirements on calibration -- 4. Resulting functional specifications -- 4.1 Preferred specifications of the imaging radiometer -- 4.2 Possible relaxations and their consequences on the mission -- 5. Conclusions and recommendations