Absrrucr-The Seasat-A satellite scatterometer (SASS) was designed to measure ocetlll surface wind speed and direction in twenty-four (24) independent cells over a 1OOO-km swath. it operated in the interrupted CW mode at a frequency of 14.6 GHz with four (4) fan beam antennas and used Doppler filtering in the receiver for resolving the cells on the surface. The instrument began operating in space on Jnly 6, 1W8, and gathered normalized radar cross section (uq data for approximately 2290 h. The purpose of this paper is to describe the in-orbit evaluation of the SASS hardware and its compatibility with the spacecraft. It has heen determined that the scatterometer operated flawlessly throughout the mission, met all design requirements, and established a good data base for geophysical processing.
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