• DocumentCode
    1050122
  • Title

    Central swath mapping by a future satellite-borne fan-beam microwave scatterometer for inferring global ocean wind fields

  • Author

    Tomiyasu, Kiyo

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Co., Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1978
  • fDate
    7/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    72
  • Abstract
    The SeaSat-A satellite scatterometer is a microwave sensor designed to provide a capability for mapping the global ocean surface wind speed and direction. Four fan beams whose major axes are oriented at \\pm45 and \\pm135\\deg to the flight vector cover a swath width of 1900 km, but a central region remains that is inadequately mapped. In this paper, two additional fan beams are suggested for a future scatterometer that provide a more complete coverage of the central region.
  • Keywords
    Meteorological satellites; Sea surface electromagnetic scattering; Azimuth; Linear antenna arrays; Microwave sensors; Oceans; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Wind speed;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1978.1145379
  • Filename
    1145379
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1050122