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MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer
Visible/infrared imaging radiometer flown on Meteor-M N2-4 for cloud, land, ocean and radiation-budget variables.
MSU-MR (Medium Resolution Multispectral Scanner) is a passive cross-track imaging radiometer carried on Meteor-M N2-4, covering six spectral bands from the visible through thermal infrared.[1] The six bands span 0.50-0.70 um (VIS), 0.70-1.10 um (NIR), 1.60-1.80 um (SWIR), 3.50-4.10 um (MWIR), 10.5-11.5 um (TIR), and 11.5-12.5 um (TIR).[1] All six bands share a uniform 1.0 km nadir ground sampling distance, with a swath of 2800 km providing global coverage twice per day in infrared channels and once per day in visible channels.[1][2]
The instrument measures reflected solar and emitted thermal radiance for derivation of cloud properties, sea-surface temperature, land-surface temperature, vegetation state, and thermal anomalies.[1] Radiometric performance is characterised by a signal-to-noise ratio of 1000 at 80 percent albedo in the VIS, NIR, and SWIR channels, and noise-equivalent differential temperature of 0.5 K at 300 K in the MWIR channel and 0.15 K at 300 K in both TIR channels.[1]
MSU-MR descends from the Klimat and MR-2000M1 instruments previously flown on Meteor-3M, combining and extending their measurement heritage into a single wide-swath imaging package.[1]
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
Supply chain position
- Vegetation index mappingvia Meteor-M N2-4
MSU-MR is a VIS/IR imaging radiometer supporting land/vegetation products on Meteor-M N2-4.
- Sea-surface temperature retrievalvia Meteor-M N2-4
MSU-MR contributes ocean surface temperature variables in WMO OSCAR measurement mapping.
- Land-surface temperature - emissivity retrievalvia Meteor-M N2-4
MSU-MR TIR channels at 10.5-11.5 µm and 11.5-12.5 µm support land-surface temperature and emissivity retrieval; WMO OSCAR lists land-surface temperature as a measured variable.
- Thermal anomaly detectionvia Meteor-M N2-4
MSU-MR MWIR channel at 3.5-4.1 µm and TIR channels support thermal anomaly detection (active fire, industrial hotspots). WMO OSCAR lists fire as a measured variable.
- Multispectral optical imagingvia Meteor-M N2-4
[oscar-msu-mr] Six-channel VIS/IR imager, 1 km, 2800 km swath; edge covers its reflective channels only.
- Thermal infrared imaging
[wmo-oscar-msu-mr] MWIR 3.5-4.1 um and two TIR bands at 10.5-12.5 um; edge covers those channels.
None on record.
- [1]WMO OSCAR - Instrument Details: MSU-MRagency doc2026-06-16
- [2]Meteor-M2 Meteorological Mission - eoPortal Directorycommunity2026-06-16
- [3]WMO OSCAR - Satellite: Meteor-M N2-4agency doc2026-06-16
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MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/msu-mr (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:msu-mr,
title = {MSU-MR VIS/IR Imaging Radiometer},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/msu-mr}
}