CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SCA
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Full Name
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SCA
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Status
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Being developed
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Scatterometers 
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Radar scatterometer
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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NetCDF-4
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures wind speed and direction over ocean, soil moisture, sea ice cover, sea ice type, snow cover and snow parameters and vegetation parameters
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Resolution Summary
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25 km
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Swath Summary
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2 x 660 km swath width
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Accuracy Summary
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Wind speeds in range 4 - 24 m/s
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: C Band, 5.355 GHz
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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