Measurements and Applications
Data collection and communication system for receiving and retransmitting data from ocean and land-based remote observing platforms/transponders.
Full Name
A-DCS4
aka ARGOS-4
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type
Data collection
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Data collection system
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
NetCDF-4, TESAC, BUFR
Waveband
UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz
EWS-G1 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 1 (2006 - 2025) |
| NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2025) |
| GOES-14 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 14 (2009 - 2029) |
| EWS-G - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System-Geostationary (2010 - 2028) |
NPOESS-1 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1 (2013 - 2020) |
| NPOESS-2 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 2 (2016 - 2022) |
| NPOESS-5 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2018 - 2023) |
| NPOESS-3 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3 (2018 - 2025) |
| NPOESS-6 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2019 - 2024) |
| NPOESS-4 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2020 - 2027) |
| Free Flyer-2 - JPSS Free Flyer-2 (2021 - 2026) |
| CDARS - CDARS (2022 - 2025) |
| OCEANSAT-3 - Ocean Satellite-3 (2022 - 2027) |
METOP-SG B1 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 1 (2026 - 2035) |
| METOP-SG B2 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 2 (2033 - 2041) |