DocumentCode
1880414
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
fYear
2011
fDate
24-29 July 2011
Firstpage
961
Lastpage
964
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1003-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049292
Filename
6049292
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