ASCAT-C

ASCAT-C

The Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) on-board MetOp-C was launched on November 7 2018. ASCAT is operated by EUMETSAT and operates at a frequency in C-band (5.255 GHz) giving the instrument a near all-weather capability. Six vertically polarised (VV) radar beams, 3 either side of the spacecraft, trace out two 550 km wide swaths separated by a 670 km gap.

ASCAT-C has been operationally assimilated into the Met Office global model since 8 December 2020

Acknowledgements and status
   Level 1b: EUMETSAT
   Level 2b: OSI SAF (operational status)

Latest Data (updated every 6 hours)

 
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Data Coverage ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
Map O-B Speed Bias ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
Map O-B Vector Difference ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
Map Observed Speed ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
Map Background Speed ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
Speed 2D Histogram ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
Direction 2D Histogram ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
O-B Speed Bias
By Crosstrack Cell
ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C
O-B Direction Bias
By Crosstrack Cell
ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C ASCAT-C

Last 30 days (updated once per day)

Time Series I ASCAT-C
Time Series II ASCAT-C