CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- SASS
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Full Name
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SeaSat-A Scatterometer System
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Status
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No longer operational
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Instrument Agencies
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NASA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Scatterometers 
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Geometry
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Push-broom scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Radar scatterometer
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Sampling
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Sea surface wind
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Resolution Summary
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50 km
[Best Resolution: 50000m]
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Swath Summary
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Pushbroom, two swaths of 500 km on each side cross-track (extended to 700 km in case of strong wind), gap of 400 km in between
[Max Swath: 700 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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Ku-band (14.599 GHz), side looking both left and right. 2 antennas on each side. Polarisations VV or HH
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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