• DocumentCode
    1050915
  • Title

    The Seasat microwave instruments in historical perspective

  • Author

    Barrick, Donald E. ; Swift, Calvin T.

  • Author_Institution
    NOAA/ERL/Wave Propagation Lab., Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    4/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    79
  • Abstract
    The history of research and development that led to the successful demonstration of the four microwave remote sensing instruments on Seasat (the scatterometer, radiometer, altimeter, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR)) is briefly reviewed in this paper.
  • Keywords
    Bibliographies; History; Meteorological satellites; Microwave measurements; Sea measurements; Instruments; Microwave radiometry; Oceans; Radar measurements; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1980.1145457
  • Filename
    1145457
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1050915