CFOSAT: Latest Improvements in the Swim Products and Contributions in Oceanography

Laura Hermozo (1) , Raquel Rodriguez-Suquet (1) , Cédric Tourain (1) , Danièle Hauser (2) , Patricia Schippers (3) , Lofti Aouf (4) , Alice Dalphinet (4) , Peter Sutherland (5) , L. Marie (5) , A. Gounou (6) , Jean-François Poustis (6) , Dunya Alraddawi (1, 7) , Christophe Dufour (7) , Jean-Michel Lachiver (1) , Céline Tison (1)

1 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
2 SPACE - LATMOS
3 ACRI-ST - Analytic and Computational Research, Inc. - Earth Sciences
4 Météo-France
5 IFREMER - Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer
6 C-S Group - CS Group - SI Toulouse [France]
7 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales

For the first time, co-located wind vectors and wave spectral characteristics are available thanks to the French/Chinese CFOSAT mission, which includes a wind scatterometer SCAT and a wave scatterometer SWIM. Three years after its launch, CFOSAT data is thoroughly qualified and various scientific work has been undertaken. This paper focuses on CFOSAT SWIM data, its performance and scientific contribution to oceanography, coastal and sea ice study.

Keywords: Oceanography; scatterometer; waves

Domains: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]; Oceanography

Laura Hermozo, Raquel Rodriguez-Suquet, Cédric Tourain, Danièle Hauser, Patricia Schippers, et al.. CFOSAT: Latest Improvements in the Swim Products and Contributions in Oceanography. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Jul 2022, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. pp.6768-6771, ⟨10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883958⟩. ⟨insu-03794978⟩