Title :
Status and recent progresses of development of the scatterometer of CFOSAT
Author :
Dong Xiaolong ; Zhu Di ; Lin Wenming ; Liu Heguang ; Jiang Jingshan
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Microwave Remote Sensing, Center for Space Sci. & Appl. Res., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, the status and progress of the scatterometer (SCAT) of the Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) will be reported. SCAT/CFOSAT will be the first rotating fan-beam scatterometer (RFSCAT) ever flown on a satellite for global ocean vector wind measurement. The mission schedule, some design and development status and simulation results of its performances will be presented. It is shown that the RFSCAT will have some advantages for wind vector retrieval for high wind speed situations.
Keywords :
remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; SCAT/CFOSAT; global ocean vector wind measurement; rotating fan-beam scatterometer; wind vector retrieval; Radar measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite; ocean vector wind; rotating fan-beam scatterometer;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049292
