Measurements and Applications
Measurement of surface wind speed and direction. The SeaWinds antenna on QuikSCAT stopped rotating in November 2009, and the instrument no longer collects ocean wind vector data. However it still provides calibration data for other on-orbit scatterometers, which enables the continuation of a climate-quality wind vector dataset.
Full Name
SeaWinds
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Scatterometers 
Geometry
Conical scanning
Instrument Technology
Radar scatterometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
HDF
Accuracy
Speed: 2 - 3.5 m/s Direction: 20 deg
Waveband
Microwave: 13.402 GHz
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
QuikSCAT - Quick Scatterometer (1999 - 2018) |
| ADEOS-II - Advanced Earth Observing Satellite - II (2002 - 2003) |