THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Measures wind speed and direction over ocean, soil moisture, sea ice cover, sea ice type, snow cover and snow parameters and vegetation parameters

Full Name

SCA

Status

Being developed

Instrument Agencies

EUMETSAT, ESA

Maturity

Instrument Type

Scatterometers

Geometry

Side-looking

Instrument Technology

Radar scatterometer

Sampling

Sounding

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

NetCDF-4

Resolution

25 km

Swath

2 x 660 km swath width

Accuracy

Wind speeds in range 4 - 24 m/s

Waveband

Microwave: C Band, 5.355 GHz

C-Band (8 - 4 GHz)

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)

METOP-SG B3 - EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - microwave imaging satellite 3 (2040 - 2048)

Category	Parameter
Ocean surface winds	Wind speed over sea surface (horizontal)
	Wind vector over sea surface (horizontal)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover
	Sea-ice type
Soil moisture	Soil moisture at the surface

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Sea Ice	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Soil Moisture	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records