Sea‐Ice Detection From Near‐Nadir Ku‐Band Echoes From CFOSAT/SWIM Scatterometer

Abstract SWIM on board CFOSAT is the first spaceborne, low incidence, rotating scatterometer, aiming at measuring in near‐real time ocean waves spectra. With five off‐nadir beams at incidences between 2° and 10° plus one nadir beam, it covers the Earth in 13 days, including polar regions thanks to i...

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Main Authors: Charles Peureux, Nicolas Longépé, Alexis Mouche, Céline Tison, Cédric Tourain, Jean‐Michel Lachiver, Danièle Hauser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022-06-01
Series:Earth and Space Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002046