Surface inundation
Measurement Instruments
Measurement Definition: Flag indicating whether the land surface is inundated or not
Thematic Links
| Instrument | Status/
Accuracy | Instrument Description | Measurement Technology | Timeline |
| Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn) | Operational | Swath mapping radar altimeter that provides measurements for surface water. | n/a |  |
| SGR-ReSI-Z | Operational +/-90 % | Ocean winds, waves, soil moisture, flooding, freeze / thaw state over permafrost, biomass, ice, snow | n/a | |
| L-Band SAR | Approved | L-band SAR instrument combining wide swath, high spatial resolution, high sensitivity, low ambiguity ratios, full polarimetric acquisition capability, and repeat-pass interferometry to support the retrieval of surface deformation over vegetated terrain, above-ground biomass density, soil moisture, land cover and land-cover change, flooded area information, ice sheet and glacier velocity, snow water, sea-ice conditions (type, concentration and motion), ocean winds and sea state conditions, as well as enhancing European maritime situational awareness. | n/a | |
| GEO SAR | Proposed | Emergency services: monitoring of landslides, subsidence and ground deformation, seismic and volcanic phenomena, terrain and infrastructure stability, flood mapping.
Land: terrain stability, soil moisture and wetlands monitoring.
Atmosphere: 2D maps of water vapor concentration with high spatial and temporal resolution. | n/a | |