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CFOSAT  

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  • CFOSAT is a joint mission of the Chinese (CNSA) and French (CNES) space agencies with the goal to monitor the ocean surface winds and waves and to provide information on related ocean and atmospheric science and applications. The primary objective of CFOSAT is to monitor on a global scale the wind and waves at the ocean surface in order to improve: • The wind and wave forecast for marine meteorology (including severe events) • The ocean dynamics modeling and prediction • Our knowledge of climate variability • Fundamental knowledge on surface processes linked to wind and waves. An operational demonstration objective of CFOSAT is to provide observations over the ocean in near-real-time for assimilation in meteorological and wave forecast models. Wind and wave products must be available in operational centers within 3 hours after acquisition. CFOSAT will also be used to complement other satellite missions for the estimation of land surface parameters (in particular soil moisture and soil roughness), and polar ice sheet characteristics. (en)

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Change note

  • 2019-12-19 09:10:27.0 [mmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (CFOSAT [7c3fab1c-d17e-4e5c-870e-994793c2594e,559573] - Earth Observation Satellites [3466eed1-2fbb-49bf-ab0b-dc08731d502b,541501]);
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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/7c3fab1c-d17e-4e5c-870e-994793c2594e

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