Temporal Range of data set:1978 - June 1986
Launch date: 10/24/78
Orbit: Sun synchronous, near polar
Nominal altitude: 955 km
Inclination: 99.3 degrees
Nodal period: 104 minutes
Nodal Increment: 26.1 degrees
Equatorial crossing time: 11:50 AM (local time)
Each Level 1 granule is a partial orbital swath with a maximum of 2 minutes of data. One two-minute CZCS scene covers approximately 1.3 million square kilometers of the Earth's surface. Maps of the geographic distribution of CZCS data for its lifetime are available:
CZCS Coverage
Bands and primary use for each:
433-453 nm (blue) -- chlorophyll absorption
510-530 nm (green) -- chlorophyll concentration
540-560 nm (yellow) -- Gelbstoffe concentration
660-680 nm (red) -- aerosol absorption
700-800 nm (far red) -- land and cloud detection
