digital elevation models with 5 m and 10 m post spacing
digital elevation models
with 5 m and 10 m post spacing

The Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS Oceansat-2 has been successfully launched into polar orbit on September 23, 2009.

The mission carries three payloads, namely the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) and a Ku-band scatterometer for oceanic studies, and the Radio Occulation Sounder for Atmospheric studies (ROSA).

Key Parameters of the Oceansat-2 Ocean Color Monitor

  OCM
Tilt Along Track ± 20 deg
Spatial Resolution (at nadir) across track (IGFOV)
along tack (GSD)
360 m
236 m
Swath-width 1420 km
Repetitivity 2 days
Radiometric Resolution, Quantisation 12 bit
SNR >512
Spectral Coverage Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Band 5
Band 6
Band 7
Band 8
402-422 nm
433-453 nm
480-500 nm
500-520 nm
545-565 nm
610-630 nm
725-755 nm
845-885 nm