Measurements and Applications
Measures wind speed and direction over ocean, soil moisture, sea ice cover, sea ice type, snow cover and snow parameters and vegetation parameters
Full Name
Advanced Scatterometer
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Scatterometers 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Radar scatterometer
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Native, BUFR
Resolution
Hi-res mode: 25 - 37 km, Nominal mode: 50 km
[Best Resolution: 25000m]
Swath
Continuous; 2 x 500 km swath width
[Max Swath: 500 km]
Accuracy
Wind speeds in range 4 - 24 m/s: 2 m/s and direction accuracy of 20 deg
Waveband
Microwave: C Band, 5.256 GHz
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| C-Band (8 - 4 GHz) |
Metop-A - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - A (2006 - 2021) |
Metop-B - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - B (2012 - 2027) |
| Metop-C - Meteorological Operational Polar Satellite - C (2018 - 2027) |