GCOM-W3 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Understanding of water circulation mechanism.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Global Change Observation Mission - Water3
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
Mission Links
EOL Date
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
700 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
13:30
Repeat Cycle
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International Designator

Mission Instruments

AMSR2 - Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields AMSR2
Cloud particle properties and profile AMSR2
Liquid water and precipitation rate AMSR2
LandSoil moisture AMSR2
OceanOcean surface winds AMSR2
Surface temperature (ocean) AMSR2
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth AMSR2
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness AMSR2

OpenSearch Datasets

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