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ENVISAT MERIS Reduced Resolution (RR) Data, version 4

Metadata Updated: April 10, 2026

MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) is a programmable, medium-spectral resolution, imaging spectrometer operating in the solar reflective spectral range. Fifteen spectral bands can be selected by ground command. The instrument scans the Earth's surface by the so called 'push-broom' method. Linear CCD arrays provide spatial sampling in the across-track direction, while the satellite's motion provides scanning in the along-track direction. MERIS is designed so that it can acquire data over the Earth whenever illumination conditions are suitable. The instrument's 68.5-degree field-of-view around nadir covers a swath width of 1150 km. This wide field of view is shared between five identical optical modules arranged in a fan shape configuration.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026

Metadata Source

Harvested from NASA Data.json

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
Metadata Updated Date April 10, 2026
Publisher OBPG;NASA/GSFC/SED/ESD/GCDC/OB.DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier 10.5067/ENVISAT/MERIS/L1B/RR/4
Data Last Modified 2026-04-06
Category Earth Science
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
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License https://www.usa.gov/government-works
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Program Code 026:000
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 880a73fed8de9f7151680e4ae8f6b372fce69d6ff83fc038060670167c5234a1
Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 2002-03-21/2012-05-09

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