THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

Multi-Application Purpose Radar.

Full Name

Synthetic Aperture Radar (MAPSAR)

Status

No longer considered

Instrument Agencies

INPE

Maturity

Low Heritage

Instrument Type

Imaging microwave radars

Geometry

Side-looking

Instrument Technology

Imaging radar (SAR)

Sampling

Imaging

Data Access

Data Format

Resolution

Swath

Accuracy

Waveband

MW (~0.1 cm - ~100 cm)

MAPSAR - Multi-purpose SAR (2015 - 2019)

*ECV*	*Description*	*Product(s)*	*ECV Inventory 3.0 Record(s)*
Albedo	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Glaciers	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Ocean Colour	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Sea Ice	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Snow	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records
Surface Currents	click here	click here	search ECV Inventory records

Category	Parameter
Albedo and reflectance	Earth surface albedo
Landscape topography	Land surface topography
Multi-purpose imagery (land)	Land surface imagery
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	Ocean imagery and water leaving spectral radiance
Ocean topography/currents	Ocean surface currents (vector)
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Sea-ice cover
	Sea-ice type
	Glacier cover
Snow cover, edge and depth	Snow cover
Vegetation	Vegetation type