CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1)
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Full Name
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Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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CNES
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Radar altimeters 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Radar altimeter
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Sampling
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Sounding
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Nadir viewing sounding radar for provision of real-time high precision sea surface topography, ocean circulation and wave height data.
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Resolution Summary
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Typical: 5 - 11 km
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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KU-Band (13.575 GHz)
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| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| Ku-Band (12.5 to 18 GHz) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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