DocumentCode
2814238
Title
Comparison of Conventionally Measured Sea Surface Temperature and Wind Speed with Data Retrieved from Satellite-borne Microwave Radiometry
Author
Hofer, R. ; Njoku, E.G.
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear
1980
fDate
8-10 Sept. 1980
Firstpage
531
Lastpage
534
Abstract
The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) aboard both the SEASAT and NIMBUS-7 satellites was designed to estimate sea surface temperature (SST) and wind speed (WS) over an extended range of atmospheric conditions. We describe briefly the retrieval technique, and demonstrate in a case study that the instrument design goals (SST:1.5°C;WS:2m/s) appear to be feasible.
Keywords
microwave measurement; ocean temperature; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; wind; NIMBUS-7 satellite; SEASAT satellite; atmospheric condition; retrieval technique; satellite-borne microwave radiometry; scanning multichannel microwave radiometer; sea surface temperature measurement; wind speed estimation; Aquaculture; Calibration; Computer aided software engineering; Extrapolation; Geophysical measurements; Information retrieval; Instruments; Oceans; Physics; Sea measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS '80
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1980.1151352
Filename
1151352
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