Measurements and Applications
Measurements of wind fields at the ocean surface, wind direction (range 0 - 360 deg), wind speed (range 1 - 30 m/s).
Full Name
Active Microwave Instrumentation. Wind mode
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Scatterometers 
Geometry
Side-looking
Instrument Technology
Radar scatterometer
Sampling
Imaging
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format
Resolution
Cells of 50 x 50 km at 25 km intervals
Accuracy
Sea surface wind speed: 3 m/s, Sea ice type: 2 classes
Waveband
Microwave: 5.3 GHz (C-band), VV polarisation
| 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) |