Measurements and Applications
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.
Full Name
Active Microwave Instrumentation. Image Mode
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Imaging microwave radars 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Imaging radar (SAR)
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Constrained Access
Data Format
Resolution
30 m
[Best Resolution: 30m]
Swath
100 km
[Max Swath: 100 km]
Accuracy
Landscape topography: 3 m, Bathymetry: 0.3 m, Sea ice type: 3 classes
Waveband
Microwave: 5.3 GHz, C band, VV polarisation, bandwidth 15.5 ± 0.06 MHz
| MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm) |
| C-Band (8 - 4 GHz) |
ERS-1 - European Remote Sensing satellite - 1 (1991 - 2000) |
| ERS-2 - European Remote Sensing satellite - 2 (1995 - 2011) |