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NASA's Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS) instrument, the Prototype Hyperspectral Infrared Imager Thermal Infrared Radiometer (PHyTIR), aims to measure the temperature of plants all across Earth. From its position aboard the International Space Station, PHyTIR measures the thermal infrared brightness temperatures of plants with a sensitivity of ≤0.1 Kelvin.

Instrument Type

Spectrometer/Radiometer

Instrument Subtype

Imaging Spectrometer/Radiometer

Specifications

Resolution

Spatial

PHyTIR provides data with 38-meter in-track by 69-meter cross-track spatial resolution

Spectral

5 spectral bands in the 8  μm to 12.5 μm range and an additional band at 1.6 μm for geolocation and cloud detection (six bands total)

Temporal

About 1 to 7 days

Platforms

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