Ocean-Colour Sensors

POLDER-3

The POLDER-3 (Polarization and Directionality of the Earth’s Reflectances) instrument is on board the Parasol microsatellite in the Myriade series developed by CNES.

AGENCY CNES

SATELLITE Parasol

LAUNCH 18 December 2004

SWATH (km) 2100

RESOLUTION (m) 6000 m

# OF BANDS 9

SPECTRAL COVERAGE(nm) 443 - 1020

POLDER-3 Links and Articles:

CNES's Parasol Mission
Parasol Data Products
Parasol moves off the A-Train’s track , News, 11 January 2010.

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