CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Advanced Scatterometer
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Status
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Operational
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Instrument Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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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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Side-looking
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Instrument Technology
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Radar scatterometer
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Sampling
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Other
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Native, BUFR
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures wind speed and direction over ocean, soil moisture, sea ice cover, sea ice type, snow cover and snow parameters and vegetation parameters
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Resolution Summary
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Hi-res mode: 25 - 37 km, Nominal mode: 50 km
[Best Resolution: 25000m]
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Swath Summary
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Continuous; 2 x 500 km swath width
[Max Swath: 500 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Wind speeds in range 4 - 24 m/s: 2 m/s and direction accuracy of 20 deg
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: C Band, 5.256 GHz
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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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