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OAS insttype Detail for SEVIRI
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Term: SEVIRI
Description: Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager
Definition: Instrument onboard METEOSAT Second Generation satellite. Application - meteorology; from geostationary orbit, instrument performing full Earth disk imaging in 12 spectral bands for weather monitoring and forecasting.
Features/Technical Details -
Spectral range:
• 0.4 – 1.6 micrometer (4 visible/near-infrared channels)
• 3.8 – 13.4 micrometer (8 infrared channels)

Resolution from 36000 km altitude:
• 1 km in high resolution for visible channels
• 3 km in infra red and visible channels

Focal plane passively cooled at –180°C

Earth scanning achieved by combination of satellite spin (East-West) and mirror scanning (South-North).
• one image every 15 minutes
• 245000 images over 7-year lifetime

Instrument mass: 260 kg, 2.43 m height, 1 m diameter (without sunshield)
Power consumption: 150 W average
Data rate: 3.26 Mbit/s

(From: http://www.astrium.eads.net/corp/prod/00000842.htm)
Context: GHRSST-PP data stream archived at NODC
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Keydate: 2005-05-04 17:57:26.816036+00
Editdate: 2005-05-04 17:57:26.822288+00