THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Sea surface temperature, ocean surface winds, cloud liquid water, precipitation over ocean.

Full Name

Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer

Status

No longer operational

Instrument Agencies

ISRO

Maturity

Instrument Type

Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (passive microwave)

Geometry

Conical scanning

Instrument Technology

Multi-purpose imaging MW radiometer

Sampling

Imaging

Data Access

Open Access

Data Format

Resolution

40 m at 21 GHz to 120 m at 6.6 GHz, Wind speed: 75 x 75 km, Sea surface temparature: 146 x 150 km
[Best Resolution: 40m]

Swath

1360 km
[Max Swath: 1360 km]

Accuracy

Sea surface temparature: 1.5 K, Sea surface wind speed: 1.5 m/s

Waveband

Microwave: 6.6 GHz, 10.6 GHz, 18 GHz and 21 GHz

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

IRS-P4 - OCEANSAT-1 (1999 - 2010)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Ocean Colour	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Precipitation	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Level	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Surface Temperature	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Wind speed and direction (upper-air)	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records

Category	Parameter
Atmospheric Winds	Wind profile (horizontal)
Liquid water and precipitation rate	Precipitation intensity at the surface (liquid or solid)
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean surface winds	Wind vector over sea surface (horizontal)
Ocean topography/currents	Ocean dynamic topography
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover
	Sea-ice thickness
Surface temperature (ocean)	Sea surface temperature