WMO OSCAR | Details for Instrument SCAT-MP

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Instrument: SCAT-MP

Instrument details

Acronym	SCAT-MP
Full name	Scatterometer for Meteor-MP
Purpose	Sea surface wind vector
Short description	Ku-band (13.4 GHz) (TBC)
Background	New development
Scanning Technique	Conical scanning, two beams, to provide four views of each spot from different angles; swath 1800 km
Resolution	25 km
Coverage / Cycle	Global every day
Mass		Power	Data Rate

Providing Agency	RosHydroMet
Instrument Maturity	Backed by strong heritage
Utilization Period:	2032 to 2043
Last update:	2023-07-10

Detailed characteristics

Satellites this instrument is flying on

Note: a red tag indicates satellites no longer operational, a green tag indicates operational satellites, a blue tag indicates future satellites

Meteor-3M (RosHydroMet)
- Meteor-MP N1 (see instrument status) 2032 - 2040
- Meteor-MP N2 (see instrument status) 2033 - 2043

Instrument classification

Earth observation instrument
Active and radio-occultation sensor
Scatterometer

WIGOS Subcomponents

Subcomponent 1
Scatterometers [in SSO]
Scatterometer [in SSO]
Scatterometer [in inclined orbits]

Mission objectives

Primary mission objectives

Wind speed (near surface)
Wind vector (near surface)

Evaluation of Measurements

The following list indicates which measurements can typically be retrieved from this category of instrument. To see a full Gap Analysis by Variable, click on the respective variable.

Note: table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers
Note: * Primary mission objective.

Variable	Relevance for measuring this variable	Operational limitations	Explanation
Leaf Area Index (LAI)	4 - fair	Coarse spatial resolution.	Ku-band scatterometer sensitive to LAI
Sea-ice type	1 - primary	No specific limitation.	Scatterometer, Ku-band (around 13.3 GHz). Type interpreted as age/roughness
Snow cover	3 - high	Coarse spatial resolution.. Thick snow only.	Scatterometer in Ku-band (around 13.3 GHz)
Snow status (wet/dry)	3 - high	Coarse spatial resolution.. Thick snow only.	Scatterometer in Ku-band (around 13.3 GHz)
Snow water equivalent	5 - marginal	Coarse spatial resolution.. Ground stations network needed.	Scatterometer in Ku-band (around 13.3 GHz)
Soil moisture at surface	3 - high	Coarse spatial resolution.. Strongly affected by vegetation.	Scatterometer in Ku-band (around 13.3 GHz)
Wind speed (near surface)*	1 - primary	Over sea only.	Ku-band scatterometer around 13.3 GHz
Wind vector (near surface)*	2 - very high	Over sea only.	Ku-band scatterometer around 13.3 GHz