CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Radar Altimeter
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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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Radar altimeters 
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Geometry
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Nadir-viewing
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Instrument Technology
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Radar altimeter
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Sampling
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Imaging
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Data Access
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Open Access
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Data Format
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Measurements and Applications
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Measures wind speed, significant wave height, sea surface elevation, ice profile, land and ice topography,and sea ice boundaries.
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Resolution Summary
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Footprint is 16 - 20 km
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Swath Summary
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Accuracy Summary
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Wave height: 0.5 m or 10% (whichever is smaller) Sea surface elevation: better than 10 cm
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: Ku-band: 13.8 GHz
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| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| Ku-Band (12.5 to 18 GHz) |
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Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
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Instrument Missions
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