Measurements and Applications
Interferometric swath altimeter building on the heritage of the SWOT mission. It will enhance sampling coverage and performance of hydrology water surface elevation measurements.
Full Name
Swath Altimeter for Oceanography and Operational Hydrology
Status
Proposed
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Radar altimeters 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Radar altimeter
Sampling
Sounding
Swath
On Sentinel-3 A&B tracks
[Max Swath: 120 km]
Accuracy
Sea level: 3.2 cm, Significant wave height: 0.15 m
Waveband
Microwave Ka-band (35GHz)
S3NGT-A - Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography A (2034 - 2044) |
| S3NGT-B - Sentinel-3 Next Generation Topography B (2036 - 2046) |