SeaWiFS

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Photo of Lake Baikal from SeaWiFS
Photo of Lake Baikal from SeaWiFS
A SeaWiFS photo of a sirocco from Morocco blowing dust over the Alboran Sea, Gibraltar, and southern Spain
A SeaWiFS photo of a sirocco from Morocco blowing dust over the Alboran Sea, Gibraltar, and southern Spain

SeaWiFS stands for Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor. It is the only scientific instrument on GeoEye's OrbView-2 (AKA SeaStar) satellite, and was a follow-on experiment to the Coastal Zone Color Scanner on Nimbus 7. Launched August 1, 1997 on an Orbital Sciences Pegasus small airlaunched rocket, the instrument began scientific operations on 18th September 1997. The sensor resolution is 1.1 km (LAC), 4.5 km (GAC). The sensor records information in the following optical bands:

Band Wavelength
1 402-422 nm
2 433-453 nm
3 480-500 nm
4 500-520 nm
5 545-565 nm
6 660-680 nm
7 745-785 nm
8 845-885 nm

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