OSCAT Instrument

Measurements and Applications

Ocean surface wind measurements. Instrument failed in February 2014.

Instrument Summary

Full Name
Oceansat-2 scatterometer
Status
No longer operational
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Scatterometers
Geometry
Conical scanning
Instrument Technology
Radar scatterometer
Sampling
Other
Data Access
Open Access
Data Format

Performance Summary

Resolution
50 km
Swath
1440 km
Accuracy
Waveband
13.515 GHz
MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

Instrument Missions

OCEANSAT-2 - Ocean Satellite-2 (2009 - 2023)
Scatsat-1 - Scatterometer Satellite-1 (2018 - 2022)

Instrument Measurements