About SARAL mission

Developed jointly by CNES and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), SARAL carries the first Ka-band (35.75 GHz) nadir altimeter, ALtika, and was launched on February 25, 2013, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (India). The main scientific objectives of SARAL are to improve our knowledge and understanding of mesoscale ocean dynamics and to provide measurements of ocean surface topography with better accuracy than classical altimeters operating at lower frequencies (such as Poseidon altimeters). SARAL/ALtika's Ka-band signal frequency also allows better observations of ice, rain, coastal zones, wave heights, and land water surfaces, providing expanded capabilities (e.g., for coastal oceanography, glaciology, hydrology and geodesy) beyond traditional altimetry applications.
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SARAL applications

• Improving data assimilation methods in ocean and wave models
• Marine meteorology and operational oceanography
• Coastal processes, land surface water and sea ice variations

Disclaimer

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