THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

A-DCS3 Instrument

Identifiera-dcs3NamesArgos Advanced Data Collection System3A-DCS3Aliasesargos-3 About identifiers

Measurements and Applications

Location data by Doppler measurements. Metop-B only providing an ARGOS-2 service since commissioning in 2012 due to satellite cabling problem.

Instrument Summary

Full Name

Argos Advanced Data Collection System3
aka ARGOS-3

Status

Operational

Instrument Agencies

CNES, NASA, NOAA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Data collection

Geometry

Instrument Technology

Data collection system

Sampling

Other

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

NetCDF, TESAC, BUFR

Performance Summary

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

UHF: 401 MHz, 467 MHz

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

Instrument Missions

NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998) noaa-9_a-dcs3
NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001) noaa-10_a-dcs3
NOAA-11 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 11 (1988 - 2004) noaa-11_a-dcs3
NOAA-12 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 12 (1991 - 2007) noaa-12_a-dcs3
NOAA-13 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 13 (1993 - 1993) noaa-13_a-dcs3
NOAA-14 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 14 (1994 - 2007) noaa-14_a-dcs3
NOAA-15 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 15 (1998 - 2025) noaa-15_a-dcs3
NOAA-16 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 16 (2000 - 2014) noaa-16_a-dcs3
NOAA-17 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 17 (2002 - 2013) noaa-17_a-dcs3
NOAA-18 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 18 (2005 - 2025) noaa-18_a-dcs3
Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021) metop-a_a-dcs3
NOAA-19 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 19 (2009 - 2025) noaa-19_a-dcs3
Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2027) metop-b_a-dcs3
SARAL - Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (2013 - 2027) saral_a-dcs3
Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027) metop-c_a-dcs3

Instrument Measurements