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);
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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.
OSCAT-2
Scatterometers