High altitude aircraft mapping of near surface ocean winds

Author

Hood, Robbie E. ; Spencer, Roy W.

Author_Institution

Global Hydrology & Climate Center, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1460

Abstract

The conically-scanning two look airborne radiometer (C-STAR) is being constructed as a satellite simulator to investigate the feasibility of measuring global ocean vectors with passive microwave instrumentation. The C-STAR will be a total power, four-channel radiometer package remotely sensing 37.1 GHz signatures from a high altitude aircraft platform. The instrument package is being developed by the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and the Global Hydrology and Climate Center (GHCC) for flight on a NASA ER-2 aircraft during 1996

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric measuring apparatus; millimetre wave measurement; radiometers; radiometry; remote sensing; wind; 37.1 GHz; C-STAR; conically-scanning two look airborne radiometer; four-channel radiometer package; global ocean vectors; high altitude aircraft platform; instrument package; passive microwave instrumentation; satellite simulator; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft manufacture; Instruments; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; NASA; Oceans; Packaging; Satellite broadcasting; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516697

Filename

516697