The Ocean and Sea Ice SAF and the Numerical Weather Prediction SAF are sponsored by EUMETSAT.

• Main Authors: The Ocean And, Tilly Driesenaar, Ad Stoffelen, Siebren De Haan, John De Vries, Francis Gohin, Yves Quilfen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.20.5608; http://earth.esa.int/pub/ESA_DOC/gothenburg/480dries.pdf

The ERS-1 and ERS-2 play an essential role in the development of the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF), to become an integral part of the satellite ground segment. During the life time of ERS-1 and ERS-2 the processing of ERS scatterometer winds has been developed considerably, and many operational centers using scatterometer data followed these developments. In the Ocean and Sea Ice SAF, preparations are made for the wind product of the ASCAT scatterometer on EPS/METOP. A pre-operational product based on the ERS-2 scatterometer is being developed, which is shown at. Quality control and monitoring are essential parts, as well as investigations on ice and sea state sensitivity, ambiguity removal, simulation studies, algorithm development, and documentation. The regional and global products becoming available from the Ocean and Sea Ice SAF will be presented at the meeting, with the focus on the most recent developments.