Research Article

Observation of Oceanic Eddy in the Northeastern Arabian Sea Using Multisensor Remote Sensing Data

Table 1

Technical characteristics of IRS-P4 OCM payload.

Spectral range404–882 nm
no. of channels8
Wavelengths range (nm) and
Signal to noise ratio (SNR)
Channel 1: 404–423 (340.5)
Channel 2: 431–451 (440.7)
Channel 3: 475–495 (427.6)
Channel 4: 501–520 (408.8)
Channel 5: 547–565 (412.2)
Channel 6: 660–677 (345.6)
Channel 7: 749–787 (393.7)
Channel 8: 847–882 (253.6)
Satellite altitude (km)720
Spatial resolution (m)360 × 236
Swath (km)1420
Repeativity2 days
Quantisation12 bits
Equatorial crossing time12 noon
Along track steering (to avoid sunglint)20°