Table II-3. Candidate Satellite Sensors and their characteristics

Sensor Measurement(s) Approx. Pixel Size
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Sea surface temperature (SST) 1 km
Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFs) Ocean color and pigment concentration 1 km
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Ocean roughness 20 m