The Swim Instrument, Towards the Launch

R. Rodriguez Suauet; C. Tourain; Céline Tison; F. Gouillon; L. Hermozo; T. Amiot; E. Riviere; P. Castillon; Lauriane Delaye; Danièle Hauser; Patricia Schippers

The Swim Instrument, Towards the Launch

R. Rodriguez Suauet ¹ C. Tourain ¹ Céline Tison ¹ F. Gouillon ¹ L. Hermozo ¹ T. Amiot ¹ E. Riviere ¹ P. Castillon ¹ Lauriane Delaye ² Danièle Hauser ³ Patricia Schippers ³

1 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]

2 ACRI-ST - Analytic and Computational Research, Inc. - Earth Sciences

3 SPACE - LATMOS

LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales

Abstract : The wave scatterometer, SWIM, will be on-board the Chinese French oceanographic mission, CFOSAT. It will complete the Chinese wind scatterometer, SCAT. They will provide the scientific community with joint wind and wave measurements for the very first time. The launch is now coming soon: autumn 2018. SWIM is a Ku-band real-aperture radar with 6 rotating fan-beams pointing near nadir. The main characteristics and performance of the instrument measured during the Satellite Integration Campaign, products and ground segment development are presented in this paper, as well as predicted performances estimated from simulations.

Keywords : Spaceborne radar Satellites Radar measurements Extraterrestrial measurements Sea measurements

Document type :

Conference papers

Domain :

Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Ocean, Atmosphere

Sciences of the Universe [physics] / Earth Sciences / Oceanography

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