Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera
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The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera is a NASA instrument aboard the DSCOVR satellite that continuously captures high-resolution, full-disk images of the sunlit side of Earth from deep space for climate and atmospheric studies.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imaging spectroradiometer
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space-based Earth observation instrument ⓘ |
| agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alternateName | EPIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOperator |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataAccessibility | publicly available imagery ⓘ |
| dataFormat | level-1 and higher-level science products ⓘ |
| dataProvider | NASA EPIC science team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataUse |
Earth albedo measurements
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aerosol and ozone studies ⓘ atmospheric science ⓘ climate monitoring ⓘ cloud and vegetation studies ⓘ space weather mission support ⓘ |
| enablesMeasurement |
Earth reflectivity
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global aerosol distribution ⓘ global cloud cover ⓘ ozone distribution ⓘ vegetation indices ⓘ |
| hostMission | Deep Space Climate Observatory mission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imageCadence | near-continuous daytime imaging ⓘ |
| imageCoverage | entire sunlit hemisphere of Earth ⓘ |
| imagePerspective | full-disk Earth view ⓘ |
| imageResolutionType | high-resolution full-disk imagery ⓘ |
| imageType |
color images of Earth
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multispectral images ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Deep Space Climate Observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionType |
Earth observation
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climate monitoring mission payload ⓘ |
| numberOfSpectralBands | 10 ⓘ |
| operatedOnSpacecraft | DSCOVR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
capture full-disk images of the sunlit side of Earth
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monitor Earth’s climate and atmosphere ⓘ support climate and atmospheric science studies ⓘ |
| scientificObjective |
improve understanding of Earth’s radiation budget
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monitor long-term climate variability ⓘ provide continuous global atmospheric observations ⓘ |
| spacecraftOrbitTypeObservedFrom | Lagrange point L1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralBandType | narrowband channels ⓘ |
| spectralBandUse |
aerosol characterization
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atmospheric composition retrievals ⓘ cloud property retrievals ⓘ surface reflectance measurements ⓘ |
| spectralRange | ultraviolet to near-infrared ⓘ |
| viewingGeometry | near-constant Sun–Earth viewing angle ⓘ |
| viewingPosition |
approximately 1.5 million kilometers from Earth
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deep space ⓘ |
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