IMAGERY — During a meeting between of The Joint Working Group of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in Goa, an agreement between ISRO and CNES on the data policy for distribution of data received from Megha Tropiques was signed. This policy enables the global scientific community to have free access to Megha Tropiques‘ data after calibration and evaluation of the payloads by scientists from both the agencies for weather and climate change studies. This data is expected to ensure a better understanding of the tropical weather phenomena including the monsoons. Megha Tropiques carries four payloads, those being a microwave radiometer, a humidity sounder, a radiation measuring instrument, and a radio occultation sounder for atmospheric studies. This meeting also reviewed the status of SARAL, a small satellite mission with payloads from CNES for the study of ocean parameters toward enhancing the understanding of the ocean state conditions, which are otherwise not covered by the in-situ measurements. The satellite carries a Ka-band altimeter and a payload for reception of ARGO floats deployed across the world’s oceans. The altimeter data will provide support in coastal environment studies, estuarine, bathymetry, and preparedness for tsunamis.
ISRO + CNES Agree On Megha Tropiques Use
IMAGERY — During a meeting between of The Joint Working Group of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) in Goa, an agreement between ISRO and CNES on the data policy for distribution of data received from Megha Tropiques was signed. This policy enables the global scientific community to have free access to Megha Tropiques‘ data after calibration and evaluation of the payloads by scientists from both the agencies for weather and climate change studies. This data is expected to ensure a better understanding of the tropical weather phenomena including the monsoons. Megha Tropiques carries four payloads, those being a microwave radiometer, a humidity sounder, a radiation measuring instrument, and a radio occultation sounder for atmospheric studies. This meeting also reviewed the status of SARAL, a small satellite mission with payloads from CNES for the study of ocean parameters toward enhancing the understanding of the ocean state conditions, which are otherwise not covered by the in-situ measurements. The satellite carries a Ka-band altimeter and a payload for reception of ARGO floats deployed across the world’s oceans. The altimeter data will provide support in coastal environment studies, estuarine, bathymetry, and preparedness for tsunamis.
