EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) is an operational hyperspectral instrument operated by NASA on ISS. It is associated with a satellite platform and has public data availability.
Quick Facts
Instrument idEMIT
NameEarth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation
AcronymEMIT
Typehyperspectral
Platform typesatellite
PlatformISS
OperatorNASA
Start date2022-08-09
Statusoperational
Availabilitypublic
Spectral Characteristics
Total bands285
Wavelength range384.705-2489.29 nm
Bandwidth range7.41053 nm
Spectral response functionNot available
Declared spectral range381-2493 nm
Imaging
Across Fov11
Across Ifov155
Along Ifov71
Entrance Pupil110
Fnumber1.8
Focal Length193.5
Gsd60
Operational Timeline
Operational timeline
Compare this instrument's lifespan with other instruments in the catalogue.
EMITCurrent
MSI_S2A
OLI2_L9
MODIS_TERRA
Status operational
Type texture hyperspectral multispectral
Instruments without an end date are shown through Sep 10, 2026. The current page's instrument is outlined and marked as Current.
Spectral Comparison
Spectral comparison
Compare band coverage or spectral response functions across catalogue instruments.
EMITCurrent
MSI_S2A
ETM_L7
OLI2_L9
Instrument EMIT MSI_S2A ETM_L7 OLI2_L9
The current instrument is highlighted. Overlapping band intervals are placed in compact lanes within the same instrument row.
import xeoinstrument = xeo.instruments.EMIT# Extract metadatametadata = { "id": instrument.id, "name": instrument.name, "acronym": instrument.acronym, "type": instrument.type, "platform_type": instrument.platform_type, "platform": instrument.platform, "operator": instrument.operator, "start_date": instrument.start_date, "end_date": instrument.end_date, "status": instrument.status, "availability": instrument.availability,}# Get the bands as a pandas DataFrame (returns None if it is not available)instrument.bands()# Get the Spectral Response Function as a pandas DataFrame (returns None if it is not available)instrument.srf()# Check the available extensionsprint(instrument.extension_names)for name, extension in instrument.extensions.items(): print(name, "->", list(extension))
