CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AIS
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Full Name
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Automatic Identification System
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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ESA
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Maturity
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Instrument Type
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Geometry
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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Communications system
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Maritime Traffic Monitoring to augment Synthetic Aperture Radar Maritime services
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Resolution Summary
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n/a
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Swath Summary
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Optimised to cover the Synthetic Aperture Radar swath
[Max Swath: 400 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Depending on the ship equipment
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Waveband Summary
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AIS operates principally on two dedicated frequencies or VHF channels:
AIS 1: Works on 161.975 MHz- Channel 87B (Simplex, for the ship to ship)
AIS 2: 162.025 MHz- Channel 88B (Duplex for the ship to shore)
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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