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DIAMANT
/ MSRS is a
Multi
Spectral High Resolution Remote Sensing
System -
designed to meet the commercial requirements for
innovative and advanced use of Earth remote
sensing. The DIAMANT
will introduce a new area of research and
applications of remotely sensed data due to its
unique technical features available for the first
time. The
DIAMANT
programme bases on a joint initiative of German and
Israel Industry. MSRS
- the application study and the multi spectral
sensor development - is co-funded by the European
Commission. All
DIAMANT/MSRS
mission characteristics have been chosen on the
basis of user demands to
optimise the benefit for commercial (and
scientific) outcome high data
information level high
resolution high
repetition high data
volume user
friendly distribution DIAMANT
will be able to ... The
DIAMANT
will ... The
DIAMANT
specifications will... DIAMANT
has a direct relevance to the objectives of the
ESA's "Living Planet Programme" and is especially
in-line with the "Earth Explorer" research
objectives. The user and application study and the
MSRS Sensor development is funded by the EC.
Current
state-of-the-art remote sensing systems, which
deliver multi-spectral high resolution images, have
4 - 6 spectral bands with a medium spatial
resolution of 10 to 30 m. The figure above
illustrates spectral, spatial, and temporal
resolutions of several of these instruments, such,
as NOAA-AVHRR, Landsat-TM, SPOT-HRV, IRS-LIS,
Ikonus 2, OrbView 1-4 and QuickBird. However, all
these systems have difficulties to provide accurate
information in a detailed scale of ground elements
such as a single agricultural field or farm, lake
or reservoir, town or village, coastal region or
mining area, and much more. Recent research has
highlighted the need to study unique phenomena of
the Earth surface. Governments and municipalities,
researchers and scientists, farmers and landscapers
are seeking for precise spatial information for
their assignments. Compared with
hyperspectral sensors, DIAMANT
has a much higher spatial resolution (5 m compared
with the e.g. 30 m of the 384 band Hyperspectral
Imager developed for the failed Lewis mission),
while providing a well balanced coverage of the
entire VIS/NIR spectrum. On European level,
there is currently no remote sensing system
operational with the same technical features and
capabilities concerning vegetational and
environmental monitoring and mapping. DIAMANT
will fit the niche between modern high-resolution
MS systems (with only 3-4 bands VNIR) and
hyperspectral systems (high number of bands, but
low spatial resolution). Note
that
the actual tendencies in Earth observation
are driving future systems to higher
spatial resolutions or higher
number of spectral bands or higher
temporal resolution. DIAMANT will be able
to meet all three
tendencies. In
summary, DIAMANT is natural outgrowth of
maturation of our ability to perform
remote sensing, cope with the resulting
data streams, and understand the couple
nature of the components of Earth system.
DIAMANT will be built on the foundation
laid by past and present Earth remote
sensing satellites, but will fill a gap of
information that currently does not
exist.
For comments or further information, please contact: Boris Penné Last Updated: |
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