CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - ROSA -
Full Name Radio Occultation Sensor for Atmosphere Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies ISRO Maturity
Instrument Type Atmospheric temperature and humidity sounders Geometry Occultation
Instrument Technology GNSS radio-occultation receiver Sampling Sounding
Data Access Constrained Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Enables measurement of water vapour and temperature profiles in the tropics.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
N/A (N/A)
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Atmospheric Temperature FieldsAir temperature (near surface)
Thematic Links Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variables (GCOS ECVs)
ECVDescriptionProduct(s)ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)
Temperature (surface) click here click here search ECV Inventory records
Instrument Missions
MEGHA-TROPIQUES - Megha-Tropiques (2011 - 2021)