CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- ASAR (image mode)
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Full Name
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Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (Image mode)
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Status
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No longer 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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Imaging microwave radars 
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Geometry
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Cross-track scanning
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Instrument Technology
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Imaging radar (SAR)
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Constrained Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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All-weather images of ocean, land and ice for monitoring of land surface processes, sea and polar ice, sea state, and geological and hydrological applications.
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Resolution Summary
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Waveband Summary
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| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| C-Band (8 - 4 GHz) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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