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The Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) is a 10-channel spectroradiometer aboard NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft. EPIC provides color images of the entire sunlit face of Earth at least once every two hours from 1 million miles away. EPIC's unique angular perspective makes it useful for measuring ozone, aerosols, cloud reflectivity, cloud height, vegetation properties, and UV radiation estimates at Earth's surface.

Instrument Type

Photon/Optical Detector

Instrument Subtype

Spectroradiometer

Specifications

Resolution

Spatial

Varies based on the channel.

Spectral

10 channels from 317–780 nm.

Temporal

60 to 100 minutes.

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