CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - A-DCS4 -
Full Name A-DCS4
aka ARGOS-4
Status Operational
Instrument Agencies CNES, NOAA, EUMETSAT, ISRO 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
Measurements and Applications Data collection and communication system for receiving and retransmitting data from ocean and land-based remote observing platforms/transponders.
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
EWS-G1 - Electro-optical Infrared Weather System Geostationary - 1 (2006 - 2023)
NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2024)
GOES-14 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 14 (2009 - 2030)
GOES-15 - Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite - 15 (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 (2025 - 2033)
METOP-SG B2 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2032 - 2040)