The PRIRODA IKAR Sensors Data and Products

PRIRODA (Nature) is the last module of the space station MIR that was launched on April 23 and docked on April 26, 1996. PRIRODA module is equipped with the set of optical, infrared and microwave instruments. PRIRODA project is the international scientific program aimed in remote sensing investigations of Earth environment from the onboard the PRIRODA module of MIR. The participants of PRIRODA project are the space data centers and affiliate organizations from Belorussia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and USA. The dataset contains data registred by IKAR microwave system including and 6.0 cm (5 units) wavelengths; nadir looking subsystem IKAR-N operating at 0.3, 0.8, 1.35, 2.25, and 6.0 cm wavelengths; scanning subsystem "Delta" operating at 0.8, 1.35, and 2.25 cm wavelengths; scanning subsystem R-400 operating at 4.0 cm wavelengths. Spatial resolution varies from 5 km for short wave radiometers (0.3 cm) up to 60-75 km for long wave radiometers (6.0 cm).