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%