Information on sentinel data availability can be found on sentinel online copernicus contributing mission entities ccmes implement tasking. Where i can download hy2 satellite scatterometer data. All approved pis are encouraged to download the data. Oceansat2 scatterometer level 2b ocean wind vectors in 12.
This data is derived from oceansat2 ocm which operates in eight spectral bands in vnir bands with 1km spatial resolution and swath of 1420 kms. Icesat 2 short for ice, cloud and land elevation satellite, slated to launch in 2018, will use lasers and a very precise detection instrument to measure the elevation of earths surface. Oceansat2 is isros second in the series of irs satellites dedicated for ocean research. September 23, 2009 by pslv c14 oceansat2 mission an 8band ocean colour monitor ocm with 360 m. Comparison of oceansat2 scatterometer to buoyrecorded. Development of oceansat2 ocm data cube over indian subcontinent. Oceansat 2 is a technically improved version of ocean sat 1. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click on download. Measurements made in the monsoonal arabian sea in 2009 to validate the indian satellite, oceansat2. It will provide continuity to the services and applications of the oceansat1 ocean colour monitor ocm. Icesat2 collects elevation data over all surfaces spanning the worlds frozen regions, forests, lakes, urban areas, and more.
Comparison of oceansat2 scatterometer to buoyrecorded winds and spatial distribution over the arabian sea during the monsoon period. Along with oceansat2, pslvc14 launched six nanosatellites. It is a part of the indian remote sensing satellite series. Comparison of oceansat2 scatterometer wind data with. Oscat oceansat2 scatterometer data products are available at for registered users.
Irs data now available free of charge to scientific users. Pslvc14 is the corealone version of pslv, which is the same as the pslv. Offshore wind power resource assessment using oceansat2 scatterometer data at a regional scale. Oceansat2 scatterometer oscat data are acquired at the svalbard ground station and sent to india for further processing, with a backup facility at the eumetsat headquarters. This document is the product user manual to the 2 oscat oceansat scatterometer climate data record more general. The noaa oscat wind retrievals are processed with the scatterometer wind data processor swdp developed at the nesdiscenter for satellite applications and research and utilizing the oscat l1b data provided by isro. Oceansat1 or irsp4 is the first indian satellite built specifically for ocean applications. Weather scientists will have an opportunity to study advanced meteorological and oceanographic applications over. Oceansat2 will carry three payloads including an ocean colour monitor ocm2, similar to the device carried on oceansat1. Oceansat2 is a global mission and is configured to cover global oceans and provide continuity of ocean colour data with global wind vector and characterization of lower atmosphere and ionosphere. All passes are systematically processed to levels 1b, 2b and 2c, and available for users in nrt download. Generation and evaluation of oceansat 2 oscat 25km wind. Pfz, is distributed to indian fishing community within 3 hrs of data download ocm gac data all orbits downloaded, data products uploaded onto nrsc isro website for global users within 30 minutes of data download oceansat2 ocm is a part of the virtual constellation of satellites on ocean colour radiometry ocr.
Sea level pressure fields were estimated from the oceansat. Scatsat1 is an oceansat2 followup mission, actually a gapfiller mission between oceansat2 and 3, under development at isro indian space research organization with the objective to continue the global ocean wind vector data acquisition started by the oscat oceansat2 scanning. National data buoy center ndbc, the tropical atmosphere ocean tao, the pilot research moored array in the tropical atlantic pirata, the. Oceansat2 l2 winds data record product user manual. Esa, in collaboration with gaf ag, acquires and process every day oceansat 2 passes over neutrelitz reception station from 1 january 2016. This resolution is achieved through a slice composite technique in which high resolution slice measurements from l1b data are composited into a. To test the proposed method, more than 70 oceansat2 level 1b l1b ocm data that cover parts of the arabian sea, bay of bengal and indian ocean were obtained from the national remote sensing centre nrsc, hyderabad. Oceansat1 and continuity of services for the operational users of ocm data. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. By timing how long it takes laser beams to travel from the satellite to earth and back, scientists can calculate the height of glaciers, sea ice, forests, lakes and more including the changing ice. The satellite carried an ocean colour monitor and a multifrequency scanning microwave radiometer for oceanographic studies. The oceansat2 satellite was launched on 23 september 2009 by the indian space research organization isro. As a result of an earlier agreement, oceansat2 ocean color monitor ocm data acquired at the neustrelitz ground station is also.
Satellite for the ocean 2 2nd flight unit of the oceansat programme. Connect the junction box to the transceiver using the data cable as indicated in figure 41. Cubesat 1, cubesat 2, cubesat 3, cubesat 4, rubin 9. Oceansat2 data acquisition, processing and dissemination plan. This link takes the user to bhuvan portal of nrscisro to facilitate download of vegetation fraction data of user selected aeras. Oceansat2 is the second indian satellite dedicated to ocean research, a continuity of the operational services of oceansat1. Lac local area coverage at 360 m resolution, and gac global area coverage at 1 km and at 4 km resolutions. This collection is composed of near real time acquisitions of oceansat2 data over europe neustrelitz acquisition mask. Satellite data effectively overcomes this setback by providing continuous and total spatial coverage. Oceansat2 announcement of opportunity modified version march 2008.
Oscat provided the international community invaluable information on the ocean surface vector wind osvw in support of research and operational weather forecasting. Conclusions oceansat 1 and 2 both is built for ocean applications. This data is derived from oceansat2 ocm which operates in eight. Oceansat2 mission is envisaged to provide inorbit replacement to. India successfuly launches oceanmonitoring satellite. Krishna murthy, director iirs for providing full support and encouragement to carry out the research work.
A new efficient algorithm for retrieving windvector solutions from scatterometers is developed based on a criterion of minimum normalized standard deviation nsd of wind speed derived from. Irs data now available free of charge to scientific users gaf ag. Standard lac data products of ocmlevel 1blac radiance product. Retrieval of evi from oceansat 2 data and comparison with modis. The study intends to assess the offshore wind power resource of the karnataka state, which is located on the west coast of india. Oceansat2 is isros second in the series of irs satellites dedicated to ocean research, and will provide continuity to the applications of oceansat1 launched in 1999. The isro indian space research organization spacecraft oceansat2 is.
This data is derived from oceansat 2 ocm which operates in eight spectral bands in vnir bands with 1km spatial resolution and swath of 1420 kms. All passes are systematically processed to levels 1b, 2b and 2c, and available for users in nrt scatterometer satellite1 spacecraft launch mission status sensor complement references. Oscat oceansat2 scatterometer data products are available at 0. Esa tpm catalogue search form for collection oceansat2. This collection is composed of near real time acquisitions of oceansat 2 data over europe neustrelitz acquisition mask. Oceansat3a 4th flight unit of the oceansat programme. Wam and wavewatchiii intercomparison studies in the north. The data are provided courtesy of the indian space research organization isro from the oscat instrument on isros oceansat 2 spacecraft, launched in. Vegetation fraction derived from oceansat2 ocean color.
Eumetsat then makes available near realtime level 2a scatterometer products through. Erddap incois oceansat 2 ocm data data access form. Esa, in collaboration with gaf ag, acquires and process every day oceansat2 passes over neutrelitz reception station from 1 january 2016. Get data of bhuvan applications, hyper spectral images from remote sensing satellite ims1, the advanced wide field sensor awifs. Easier access to scientific data brought to you by noaa nmfs swfsc erd erddap griddap data access form dataset title.
Oceansat2 satellite mainframe systems derive their heritage from previous irs missions and launched by pslvc14 from satish dhawan space centre, sriharikota on sept. Web portal for oceansat2 global ocm and scatterometer data products. Level 1b l1b ocm2 data are generally produced in standard hdf format, which is the standard data format of the ocm2 sensor. This dataset consists of the version 2 level 2b sciencequality ocean surface wind vector retrievals from the oceansat2 scatterometer oscat, which was designed and launched by the indian space research organization isro 23 september 2009. Ir sensor and ocean color monitor would be used in the analysis for operational potential fishing zones. Development of oceansat2 ocm data cube over indian. These data are downlinked to earth, reformatted, checked for quality, repackaged into scientific data sets, and delivered to. Data download over svalbard norway for every orbit. Ambarisha babu associate director ss eos, isro hq oceansat2 ocm data processing. Oceansat2 nrt data view data product earth online esa. Offshore wind power resource assessment using oceansat2. Level 1c lacgeoreferenced radiometrically and geometrically corrected productlevel.
Oceansat2 scatterometer oscat wind data and gis based methodology were adopted in the study. Retrieval of evi from oceansat 2 data and comparison with modis derived evi. Offline data are distributed by the national remote sensing center nrsc in hyderabad. Percentage size classes of micro, nano and pico phytoplankton from oceansat2, ocm.
Overview about what oceansat can do for shipping companies in the field of intenet at sea solutions like vsat, hybrid and 4g connectivity, it management and tvro solutions. Pdf a new wind vector retrieval algorithm for oceansat2. All passes are made available to users every day in less than 3 hours, in level 1 and level 2 processing levels. Substantial contribution to temperature and humidity sounding and to space weather.