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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMI/SAR/Image
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Full Name
Active Microwave Instrumentation. Image Mode
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
ESA
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
Measurements and Applications
All-weather images of ocean, ice and land surfaces. Monitoring of coastal zones, polar ice, sea state, geological features, vegetation (including forests), land surface processes, hydrology.
Resolution Summary
30 m
[Best Resolution: 30m]
Swath Summary
100 km
[Max Swath: 100 km]
Accuracy Summary
Landscape topography: 3 m, Bathymetry: 0.3 m, Sea ice type: 3 classes
Waveband Summary
Microwave: 5.3 GHz, C band, VV polarisation, bandwidth 15.5 ± 0.06 MHz
MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)
C-Band (8 - 4 GHz)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Ice sheet topography
Sea-ice sheet topography
Landscape topography
Land surface topography
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
Land surface imagery
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean topography/currents
Bathymetry
Ocean wave height and spectrum
Significant wave height
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
Sea-ice cover
Sea-ice type
Glacier motion
Snow cover, edge and depth
Snow cover
Soil moisture
Soil moisture at the surface
Vegetation
Vegetation type
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Ocean Colour
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Sea Ice
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Sea State
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Snow
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Soil Moisture
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Instrument Missions
ERS-1 - European Remote Sensing satellite - 1 (1991 - 2000)
ERS-2 - European Remote Sensing satellite - 2 (1995 - 2011)
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