Research Article
Spatiotemporal Spectral Variations of AOT in India’s EEZ over Arabian Sea: Validation of OCM-II
Table 1
Major specifications, features, and the geophysical products of OCEANSAT-II OCM.
| Parameter | Specification | |
| Instantaneous Geometric Field-Of- View (IGFOV) at nominal altitude (m) | 360 × 250 | | Swath (km) | 1420 | | Number of spectral bands | 8 | | Spectral range (nm) | 402–885 | | Spectral bands (nm) | B1: 404–424 | | | B2: 431–451 | | | B3: 476–496 | | | B4: 500–520 | | | B5: 546–566 | | | B6: 610–630 | | | B7: 725–755 | | | B8: 845–885 | | Quantization bits | 12 | | Along track steering | 20 | | Data acquisition modes | Local area coverage (LAC) & | | | Global area coverage (GAC) | |
| Geophysical parameter | Variable Range | Targeted error budget |
| Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) over oceans at 865 nm | 0.0–1.0 | <20% |
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