Overview of the EarthCARE multi-spectral imager and results from the development of the MSI engineering model

Mark Chang, Errico Armandillo, Nikos Karafolas, Bruno Cugny
2019 International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2012  
The EarthCARE satellite mission objective is the observation of clouds and aerosols from low Earth orbit. The key spatial context providing instrument within the payload suite of four instruments is the Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI). The MSI is intended to provide information on the horizontal variability of the atmospheric conditions and to identify e.g. cloud type, textures, and temperature. It will form Earth images at 500m ground sample distance (GSD) over a swath width of 150km; it will
more » ... Earth in seven spectral bands: one visible, one near-IR (NIR), two short-wave IR (SWIR) and three thermal IR (TIR).
doi:10.1117/12.2551545 fatcat:pp4dgqh3gbbhpc4e52y2cgepxu