---
aliases:
  - context: instrumentID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 435
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentsummary.aspx?instrumentID=435
  - context: Instrument
    lexicon: ceos
    term: AMI/Scatterometer
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentindex.aspx#A
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : European Space Agency '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3736.yaml
    id: 3736
    organization:
      country_code: ~
      display_name: European Space Agency
      identifier: european-space-agency
      name: European Space Agency
      organization_type_identifier: intergovernmental
      type: organization
      url: http://www.esa.int/
    organization_uri: /organization/european-space-agency
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3736
description: Radar scatterometer
description_attribution: ~
display_name: active-microwave-instrumentation-wind-mode
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/instrument/active-microwave-instrumentation-wind-mode.yaml
identifier: active-microwave-instrumentation-wind-mode
name: Active Microwave Instrumentation. Wind mode
parents: []
platforms:
  - description: 'ERS is the first ESA program in Earth observation with the overall objectives to provide environmental monitoring in particular in the microwave spectrum (i.e., regular monitoring of land-surface and ocean-surface processes for change detection). Coverage of a broad range of disciplines and topics: Observation of oceans, polar ice, land ecology, geology, forestry, wave phenomena, bathymetry (water depth), atmospheric physics, meteorology, etc. Scientific research: PIPOR (Program for International Polar Ocean Research); PISP (Polar Ice Sheet Proposal). Demonstration of concept and technology for space and ground segments (performance and operational capability).'
    description_attribution: 'ERS is the first ESA program in Earth observation with the overall objectives to provide environmental monitoring in particular in the microwave spectrum (i.e., regular monitoring of land-surface and ocean-surface processes for change detection). Coverage of a broad range of disciplines and topics: Observation of oceans, polar ice, land ecology, geology, forestry, wave phenomena, bathymetry (water depth), atmospheric physics, meteorology, etc. Scientific research: PIPOR (Program for International Polar Ocean Research); PISP (Polar Ice Sheet Proposal). Demonstration of concept and technology for space and ground segments (performance and operational capability).'
    identifier: european-remote-sensing-satellite-1
    name: 'European Remote Sensing satellite - 1'
    uri: /platform/european-remote-sensing-satellite-1
  - description: ERS-2 is the follow-up ESA mission of ERS-1. It was in 1989 when ESA decided to continue the ERS program beyond the lifetime of ERS-1.
    description_attribution: ERS-2 is the follow-up ESA mission of ERS-1. It was in 1989 when ESA decided to continue the ERS program beyond the lifetime of ERS-1.
    identifier: european-remote-sensing-satellite-2
    name: 'European Remote Sensing satellite - 2'
    uri: /platform/european-remote-sensing-satellite-2
references: []
type: instrument
uri: /instrument/active-microwave-instrumentation-wind-mode