Publication Date:
1979-06-29
Description:
The Seasat microwave scatterometer was designed to measure, globally and in nearly all weather, wind speed to an accuracy of +/- 2 meters per second and wind direction to +/- 20 degrees in two swaths 500 kilometers wide on either side of the spacecraft. For two operating modes in rain-free conditions, a limited number of comparisons to high-quality surface truth indicates that these specifications may have been met.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Jones, W L -- Black, P G -- Boggs, D M -- Bracalente, E M -- Brown, R A -- Dome, G -- Ernst, J A -- Halberstam, I M -- Overland, J E -- Peteherych, S -- Pierson, W J -- Wentz, F J -- Woiceshyn, P M -- Wurtele, M G -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Jun 29;204(4400):1413-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17814199" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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