NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) pre-launch calibration results and post-launch calibration plan

Author

Spencer, Michael W. ; Tsai, Wu-Yang ; Neumann, Gregory

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

821

Abstract

The philosophy and approach for calibrating the NSCAT Ku-band radar are described. The NSCAT radar is designed to measure global ocean surface winds speeds and directions at 50 km resolution. Pre-launch calibration test results and plans for the post-launch calibration campaign are presented

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric techniques; calibration; meteorological instruments; meteorological radar; radar applications; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; 10.7 to 18 GHz; Ku band; Ku-band; NASA Scatterometer; NSCAT; atmosphere; equipment instrumentation; marine boundary layer; measurement technique; meteorological radar; microwave radar SHF; post-launch; pre-launch calibration; remote sensing; wind direction; wind speed velocity; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Geophysical measurements; Instruments; NASA; Oceans; Radar antennas; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520595

Filename

520595