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.
Full Name
Argos Advanced Data Collection System3
aka ARGOS-3
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Data collection
Geometry
TBD
Instrument Technology
Data collection system
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF, TESAC, BUFR
Waveband
UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
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 - 2025) |
| Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021) |
| NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2025) |
| Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2027) |
| SARAL - Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (2013 - 2025) |
| Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027) |