RM-08 Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Passive microwave images of ocean surface and ice sheets.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Scanning Microwave Radiometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave)
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
15 km
Swath
550 km
Accuracy
3 K temperature sensitivity
Waveband
Microwave: 0.8 cm
MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

Instrument Missions

OCEAN-01 - OCEAN-01 (1994 - 1996)
OKEAN-01 N7 - OKEAN-01 N7 (1994 - 2001)
Sich-1 - Sich-1 (1995 - 2001)
Sich-1M - Sich-1M (2004 - 2006)

Instrument Measurements