Overview of NASA scatterometers projects

Author

Graf, James E. ; Naderi, Firouz ; Tsai, Wu-Yang

Author_Institution

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

Volume

2

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

1564

Abstract

NASA has a long-term commitment to ocean wind remote sensing, starting from the SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer (SASS), through the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT), to SEAWINDS. The purpose of the paper is to first present the evolution of this overall scatterometer program and the future direction. The authors then present an overview of the end-to-end system design, key system parameters, system performance, current status, and the operational timeline of NSCAT. Finally, a summary of the SEAWINDS system design, key parameters, and expected performance is presented

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric measuring apparatus; ocean waves; oceanographic equipment; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; NASA Scatterometer; NSCAT; SASS; SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer; SEAWINDS; end-to-end system design; key system parameters; ocean wind remote sensing; operational timeline; overview; system performance; Frequency; Geophysical measurements; NASA; Oceans; Radar measurements; Remote sensing; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; System performance; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;

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.1995.521810

Filename

521810