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OAS insttype Detail for SIRAL
| insttypes_id: | 263 |
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| Term: | SIRAL |
| Description: | SAR/Inteferometric Radar Altimeter |
| Definition: | CryoSat's SAR Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) instrument combines a conventional pulse-limited radar altimeter, with synthetic aperture and interferometric signal processing. SIRAL is a single frequency Ku-band radar altimeter capable of operating in three modes: Low Resolution Mode (LRM), Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and SAR Interferometric (SARIn or SIN) mode. Each mode is designed for optimal measurements over different surfaces. https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/instruments/siral |
| Context: | CryoSat |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2023-11-08 13:16:09+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-11-08 13:16:09+00 |