The SeaWinds Scatterometer is a Ku-band Earth orbiting remote sensing radar. It has a 1 m dish antenna shared by two beams with respective nadir look angles of 40 and 46 deg, scanning azimuthally to provide greater than 90% daily coverage of the Earth at an altitude of 800 km. The first sensor was launched in 1999 and produces sea surface wind field to 2 m/s accuracy at 25 km resolution. The design and calibration of the SeaWinds radar is described here.
Design and calibration of the SeaWinds Scatterometer
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems ; 39 , 1 ; 94-109
2003-01-01
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Design and Calibration of the SeaWinds Scatterometer
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