Scatterometers
type: Concept

OSCAT
change note: 2019-12-19 08:45:39.0 [mmorahan] insert AltLabel (id: null category: primary text: OceanSat Scatterometer language code: en); insert Definition (id: null text: OSCAT is an active microwave device designed and developed at ISRO/SAC, Ahmedabad. The objective is to monitor ocean surface wind speed and directions. The instrument is a pencil beam wind scatterometer operating at Ku-band of 13.515 GHz. OSCAT is being utilized for the estimation of the radar backscattered power and subsequent local and global wind vector (velocity magnitude and direction) retrieval over the ocean, from the normalized radar cross-section (σo), for cell resolution grids of 25 km x 25 km over a swath of 1400 km. The aim is to provide global ocean coverage and wind vector retrieval with a revisit time of 2 days. The scanning configuration of OSCAT, similar in design to Seawinds of NASA, offers the advantages like simpler onboard payload, better radar backscatter cross section (σo) measurement and directional accuracy, continuous and wider swath with no nadir gaps, less complex signal processing and reduced data rates, smaller and lighter onboard instrument and simplified wind retrieval model compared to conventional multiple fan beam scatterometers. language code: en); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: df967339-0096-4445-8732-0071f1de9e27 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
change note: 2019-12-19 08:39:32.0 [mmorahan] Insert Concept add broader relation (OSCAT [6e24a235-4813-44dd-8be0-0c74e6898e15,559561] - Scatterometers [563f30c8-43f8-48be-b649-4b548f877fa4,544135]);
in scheme: instruments
definition: OSCAT is an active microwave device designed and developed at ISRO/SAC, Ahmedabad. The objective is to monitor ocean surface wind speed and directions. The instrument is a pencil beam wind scatterometer operating at Ku-band of 13.515 GHz. OSCAT is being utilized for the estimation of the radar backscattered power and subsequent local and global wind vector (velocity magnitude and direction) retrieval over the ocean, from the normalized radar cross-section (σo), for cell resolution grids of 25 km x 25 km over a swath of 1400 km. The aim is to provide global ocean coverage and wind vector retrieval with a revisit time of 2 days. The scanning configuration of OSCAT, similar in design to Seawinds of NASA, offers the advantages like simpler onboard payload, better radar backscatter cross section (σo) measurement and directional accuracy, continuous and wider swath with no nadir gaps, less complex signal processing and reduced data rates, smaller and lighter onboard instrument and simplified wind retrieval model compared to conventional multiple fan beam scatterometers.
type: Concept