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OAS insttype Detail for AltiKa
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| Term: | AltiKa |
| Description: | Ka-band Altimeter |
| Definition: | AltiKa is a Ka-band altimeter (35 GHz) developed by CNES (Space Agency of France) on-board the Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa (SARAL). It is the first space-born ocean surface topography instrument using such a high frequency. The use of the Ka-band frequency will supply more accurate measurements (improvement of the spatial and vertical resolution of the ocean surface topography observations), enabling a better observation of ice, coastal areas, continental water bodies as well as wind and waves height. SARAL is a French and Indian collaborative mission to measure sea surface height using the Ka-band AltiKa altimeter and was launched on February 25, 2013. Additional Information: http://www.aviso.altimetry.fr/en/missions/present-missions/saral/instruments/altika-a-ka-band-altimeter.html https://altika-saral.cnes.fr/en/SARAL/altika.htm |
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| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2018-07-31 16:39:35+00 |
| Editdate: | 2018-07-31 16:39:35+00 |