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Post-Launch Calibration–Validation and Data Quality Evaluation of SCATSAT-1
Here we provide a brief description of the post-launch data quality evaluation and calibration–validation chain of the SCATSAT-1, the second scatterometers mission of Indian Space Research Organisation. This chain is of absolute importance to monitor the satellite health and its impact on its measurements. It also provides us overview of the suitability of the data for various applications. The results show that the SCATSAT instrument is having nominal behaviour, the measurements are of very high quality and is comparable to the reference mission QuikSCAT. The ocean surface winds derived using SCATSAT-1 are having errors less than 1 m/s and hence it is suitable for all operational meteorological and oceanographic applications.
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Calibration, Data Quality Evaluation, Scatterometers, Validation, Wind Vectors.
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