AWiFS
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AWiFS (Advanced Wide Field Sensor) is a medium-resolution, wide-swath imaging sensor used on Indian remote sensing satellites for large-area land and vegetation monitoring.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Earth observation instrument
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imaging sensor ⓘ remote sensing payload ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Advanced Wide Field Sensor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| application |
crop acreage estimation
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drought assessment ⓘ environmental monitoring ⓘ flood mapping ⓘ forest cover mapping ⓘ land use and land cover mapping ⓘ |
| belongsToProgramme | Indian Remote Sensing programme NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| dataFormat | digital raster data ⓘ |
| dataProvider | National Remote Sensing Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataType | optical imagery ⓘ |
| designedFor |
large-area coverage
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repetitive coverage of the same area ⓘ |
| developedBy | Indian Space Research Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | wide field of view ⓘ |
| fullName | Advanced Wide Field Sensor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| groundSamplingDistance | approximately 56 m ⓘ |
| hostSatelliteFamily | Resourcesat series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| imagingMode | pushbroom scanner ⓘ |
| notableFeature | combination of wide swath and medium spatial resolution ⓘ |
| operator | Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ |
| operatorCountry | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orbitType | sun-synchronous orbit (via host satellite) ⓘ |
| platformType | satellite-based sensor ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
agricultural monitoring
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disaster management support ⓘ land monitoring ⓘ vegetation monitoring ⓘ |
| regionOfUse | global ⓘ |
| sensorType | passive optical sensor ⓘ |
| spatialResolution | medium resolution ⓘ |
| spectralBand |
green band
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near infrared band ⓘ red band ⓘ shortwave infrared band ⓘ |
| spectralType | multispectral ⓘ |
| swathWidth | approximately 740 km ⓘ |
| usedOn |
IRS-P6 Resourcesat-1
NERFINISHED
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Indian Remote Sensing satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ Resourcesat-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Resourcesat-2A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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