51 research outputs found
CFOSAT: Products Reprocessing and Contributions in Oceanography
International audienceSince 2018, for the first time, space measurements of colocated wind vectors and wave spectral characteristics are available thanks to the French/Chinese CFOSAT mission, which carries a wind scatterometer (SCAT) and a wave scatterometer (SWIM). Four years after its launch, CFOSAT data processing has been improved to reach a high level quality, leading to a reprocessing of the whole mission dataset. This paper focuses on the CFOSAT SWIM data reprocessing, the product performance, now homogeneous over mission lifetime, the complementarity with SAR observations and some scientific contributions to oceanography
Evolutions and Improvements in CFOSAT SWIM Products
International audienceThe Chinese-French oceanography satellite, CFOSAT, was launched on October 2018. Two Ku-band scatterometers are on-board: SCAT for the wind observation and SWIM for the wave observation. After a first phase mainly dedicated to validation and identification of improvement possibilities, the ground processing and products generated were upgraded. This paper presents the main evolutions implemented and their positive impacts on the SWIM data quality
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