VGT-3Vegetation
PROBA-V
Instrument ID
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Summary ​
VGT3_PROBAV (Vegetation) is a retired multispectral instrument operated by ESA on PROBA-V. It is associated with a satellite platform and has public data availability.
NOTE
VGT-3 was a miniaturized successor to the SPOT-VEGETATION instruments. Its three telescopes provided a continent-scale swath. Native nadir sampling was 100 m for the VNIR channels and 200 m for SWIR, degrading toward the swath edges; commonly distributed synthesis products use 100 m, approximately 300/333 m, or 1 km grids. The included spectral response functions are the measured central-camera responses published by VITO. Global operations ended on 2020-06-30, followed by experimental observations over Europe and Africa through 2021-10-31.
Quick Facts
Instrument idVGT3_PROBAV
NameVegetation
AcronymVGT-3
Typemultispectral
Platform typesatellite
PlatformPROBA-V
OperatorESA
Start date2013-05-07
End date2021-10-31
Statusretired
Availabilitypublic
Spectral Characteristics
Total bands4
Wavelength range460-1610 nm
Bandwidth range42-121 nm
Ground sampling distance100-200 m
Imaging
Across Fov102
Swath Width2250
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python
import xeo
instrument = xeo.instruments.VGT3_PROBAV
# Extract metadata
metadata = {
"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 extensions
print(instrument.extension_names)
for name, extension in instrument.extensions.items():
print(name, "->", list(extension))