MWR

Micro-Wave Radiometer

Satellites

Sentinel-3 A and B

Status

Being developed – To be utilised in the period 2012 to ~ 2020

Mission

Water vapour correction for the radar altimeter (SRAL)

Instrument type

3-channel MW radiometer: 18.7, 23.8 and 36.5 GHz

Scanning technique

Nadir-only viewing, associated to the supported radar altimeter

Coverage/cycle

Global coverage in 1 month for 30 km average spacing, or in 10 days for 100 km average spacing

Resolution (s.s.p.)

20 km

Resources

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