Measurements and Applications
Ocean surface wind measurements.
Full Name
Scatterometer
aka Scatterometer (Meteor)
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Low Heritage
Instrument Type
Scatterometers 
Geometry
TBD
Instrument Technology
Radar scatterometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
Resolution
25 km
[Best Resolution: 25m]
Swath
1800 km
[Max Swath: 1800 km]
Accuracy
Wind speed: 2 m/s, direction: 20 grad
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| Ku-Band (12.5 to 18 GHz) |
Meteor-M N3 - Oceanographical Satellite Meteor-M N3 (2021 - 2026) |