Korea Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (KGOCI)

Author

Kang, Gumsil ; Kang, Songdoug ; Yong, Sangsoon ; Kim, Jongah ; Chang, Youngjun ; Youn, Heongsik

Author_Institution

Korea Aerosp. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

5

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

3261

Abstract

Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has a plan to launch COMS for consistent monitoring of the Korean Peninsula. Korea Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (KGOCI) is one of the main payloads of COMS which will provide a monitoring of ocean-colour around the Korean Peninsula from geostationary platforms. Ocean color observation from geostationary platform is required to remedy the coverage constraints imposed by polar orbiting platforms. In this paper the main characteristics of KGOCI are described. It will provide the measurement data of 6 visible channels and 2 near-infrared channels (400 nm-900 nm). The high radiometric sensitivity is essential of ocean color sensor because of the weak water leaving radiance. The integration time and aperture diameter required to achieve the SNR specification of KGOCI are analyzed.

Keywords

data acquisition; infrared imaging; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; seawater; 400 to 900 nm; COMS payloads; KARI; KGOCI; Korea Aerospace Research Institute; Korea Geostationary Ocean Color Imager; Korean Peninsula monitoring; SNR specification; geostationary platforms; measurement data; near-infrared channels; ocean color observation; ocean color sensor; ocean-colour monitoring; radiometric sensitivity; visible channels; water leaving radiance; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Color; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency; Oceans; Radiometry; Remote monitoring; Sea measurements; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8742-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370397

Filename

1370397