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Instruments > Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Active Remote Sensing > Scatterometers > OSCAT-2

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OSCAT-2  

Definition

  • The OSCAT-2 is used to determine ocean surface-level wind vectors through the estimation of radar backscatter. It is the instrument onboard SCATSat-1, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Centre, Ahmedabad, India. OSCAT-2 is similar to OSCAT flown onboard OceanSat-2. However, many improvements both in hardware as well as for the onboard signal processor and control software are being implemented, based on the OSCAT experience. The instrument is a pencil beam wind scatterometer operating at Ku-band of 13.515 GHz. (en)

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Change note

  • 2020-05-20 12:33:17.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (OSCAT-2 [3abc7c20-963c-49ed-bb73-8fcacdce9d8c,560151] - Scatterometers [563f30c8-43f8-48be-b649-4b548f877fa4,544135]);
  • 2020-05-20 12:34:18.0 [sritz] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: OceanSat-2 Scatterometer language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: The OSCAT-2 is used to determine ocean surface-level wind vectors through the estimation of radar backscatter. It is the instrument onboard SCATSat-1, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Centre, Ahmedabad, India. OSCAT-2 is similar to OSCAT flown onboard OceanSat-2. However, many improvements both in hardware as well as for the onboard signal processor and control software are being implemented, based on the OSCAT experience. The instrument is a pencil beam wind scatterometer operating at Ku-band of 13.515 GHz. language code: en);
  • 2020-05-20 13:13:32.0 [sritz] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 3abc7c20-963c-49ed-bb73-8fcacdce9d8c relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2020-05-20 13:14:25.0 [sritz] delete WeightedRelation (null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: fbfed562-4772-48fe-b2bb-7ebced3a7c9f relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2020-05-20 13:15:07.0 [sritz] update WeightedRelation (Platform-Instrument); update WeightedRelation (1.0);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/3abc7c20-963c-49ed-bb73-8fcacdce9d8c

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