Abstract:
—The Ku-band (13.5 GHz) based scatterometer is
the main sensor onboard Scatterometer Satellite (SCATSAT-1)
launched on 26th September 2016 by Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO). The SCATSAT-1 satellite sensor provides
daily updates on the conditions of atmospheric, oceanographic, agriculture and cryospheric parameters. Moreover,
it delivers data products (Level 1-4) in form of different
parameters (Sigma-naught σ0, Gamma-naught γ 0, brightness
temperature BT, wind vectors and velocity) at two different
polarization modes (HH and VV). Since launch, several studies
have been carried out to explore the potential of SCATSAT1 satellite sensor for remote observation of the ocean as
well as the land surface at the global level. Besides the
conventional applications in weather and oceanic domains which are based on wind vector data, emerging applications
over land use and land cover are also introduced. This paper aims to address the current status of SCATSAT-1 applications
in different scientific domains such as oceanographic, cryospheric, agriculture and land hydrology. It is expected that
such an extensive exploration of the applications of SCATSAT-1 satellite sensor will provide important insights for future
utilization of scatterometer data.
