Performance status of the wave scatterometer SWIM

Céline Tison (1) , Thierry Amiot (1) , Vivien Enjolras (2) , Danièle Hauser (3) , Laurent Rey (2) , Jean-Claude Souyris (1) , Patrick Castillan (1)

1 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
2 TAS - Thales Alenia Space [Toulouse]
3 ESTER - LATMOS

SWIM is a Ku-band radar designed for wave directional spectrum estimation. This radar operates at six incidence angles (from 0° to 10°) with a complete azimuth scanning covering a swath of 180 km. The phase B (addressing preliminary design) of SWIM is currently under finalization. In, the preliminary design and associated performance analysis have been published taking into account the first results of Phase B design. This paper is focused on the last performance assessment of this phase B for all the measurements performed by the SWIM instrument.

Domaines: Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]; Océanographie

Céline Tison, Thierry Amiot, Vivien Enjolras, Danièle Hauser, Laurent Rey, et al.. Performance status of the wave scatterometer SWIM. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2010), Jul 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. pp.4170-4173, ⟨10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5649168⟩. ⟨hal-00517894⟩