The Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) for the Sentinel 3 GMES Mission: status and first test results

Jens Nieke; Franck Borde; Constantin Mavrocordatos; Bruno Berruti; Yves Delclaud; Jean Bernard Riti; Thierry Garnier

doi:10.1117/12.977247

28 November 2012 The Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) for the Sentinel 3 GMES Mission: status and first test results

Jens Nieke, Franck Borde, Constantin Mavrocordatos, Bruno Berruti, Yves Delclaud, Jean Bernard Riti, Thierry Garnier

Proceedings Volume 8528, Earth Observing Missions and Sensors: Development, Implementation, and Characterization II; 85280C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.977247
Event: SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing, 2012, Kyoto, Japan

Abstract

The Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) is a high accuracy visible spectral imager selected as optical payload for the Sentinel 3 component of the GMES mission, to provide climatological data continuity with the previous ESA Envisat missions. OLCI is based on the very successful opto-mechanical and imaging design of MERIS. The instrument is a quasi-autonomous, self contained, visible-NIR push-broom imaging spectrometer and incorporates significant improvements when compared to MERIS. The paper highlights the technical and programmatic challenges of the project, first results from the EM test activities and a projected flight model performance summary.

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Jens Nieke, Franck Borde, Constantin Mavrocordatos, Bruno Berruti, Yves Delclaud, Jean Bernard Riti, and Thierry Garnier "The Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) for the Sentinel 3 GMES Mission: status and first test results", Proc. SPIE 8528, Earth Observing Missions and Sensors: Development, Implementation, and Characterization II, 85280C (28 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.977247

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