CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY
- AMI/SAR/Image
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Full Name
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Active Microwave Instrumentation. 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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Side-looking
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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, ice and land surfaces. Monitoring of coastal zones, polar ice, sea state, geological features, vegetation (including forests), land surface processes, hydrology.
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Resolution Summary
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30 m
[Best Resolution: 30m]
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Swath Summary
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100 km
[Max Swath: 100 km]
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Accuracy Summary
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Landscape topography: 3 m, Bathymetry: 0.3 m, Sea ice type: 3 classes
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Waveband Summary
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Microwave: 5.3 GHz, C band, VV polarisation, bandwidth 15.5 ± 0.06 MHz
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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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