CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - A-DCS3 -
Full Name Argos Advanced Data Collection System3
aka ARGOS-3
Status Operational
Instrument Agencies CNES, NASA, NOAA Maturity
Instrument Type Data collection Geometry TBD
Instrument Technology Data collection system Sampling Other
Data Access Open Access Data Format NetCDF, TESAC, BUFR
Measurements and Applications Location data by Doppler measurements. Metop-B only providing an ARGOS-2 service since commissioning in 2012 due to satellite cabling problem.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Instrument Missions
NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998)
NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001)
NOAA-11 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 11 (1988 - 2004)
NOAA-12 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 12 (1991 - 2005)
NOAA-13 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 13 (1993 - 1993)
NOAA-14 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 14 (1994 - 2005)
NOAA-15 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 15 (1998 - 2018)
NOAA-16 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 16 (2000 - 2014)
NOAA-17 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 17 (2002 - 2013)
NOAA-18 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 18 (2005 - 2024)
Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021)
NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2024)
Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2024)
SARAL - Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (2013 - 2023)
Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027)