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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SCA
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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
Measurements and Applications
Measures wind speed and direction over ocean, soil moisture, sea ice cover, sea ice type, snow cover and snow parameters and vegetation parameters
Resolution Summary
25 km
Swath Summary
2 x 660 km swath width
Accuracy Summary
Wind speeds in range 4 - 24 m/s
Waveband Summary
Microwave: C Band, 5.355 GHz
C-Band (8 - 4 GHz)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
Category
Parameter
Ocean surface winds
Wind speed over sea surface (horizontal)
Wind vector over sea surface (horizontal)
Soil moisture
Soil moisture at the surface
Thematic Links
Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECV
Description
Product(s)
ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Soil Moisture
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Instrument Missions
METOP-SG B1 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2025 - 2032)
METOP-SG B2 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2032 - 2039)
METOP-SG B3 - EUMETSAT Polar System, Second Generation (2039 - 2046)
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