WaddenSAR campaign team

An important milestone in the development of ESA’s tenth Earth Explorer satellite mission, Harmony, has been reached thanks to two aircraft flying in tight formation over the Dutch Wadden Islands collecting key data on sea state and currents. The main purpose of this tricky airborne experiment is to mimic the geometry at which the Harmony satellite will measure various aspects of ocean dynamics to understand the how air and the ocean surface interact, which, in turn, will improve weather prediction and climate models.

On behalf of ESA, the campaign was carried out by MetaSensing Radar Solutions, with support from Deltares, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research and the Paracentrum Texel. 

The photo shows the WaddenSAR campaign team.

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