Publication Date:
1979-06-29
Description:
Preliminary analysis of radar altimeter data indicates that the instrument has met its specifications for measuring spacecraft height above the ocean surface (+/- 10 centimeters) and significant wave height (+/- 0.5 meter). There is ample evidence that the radar altimeter, having undergone development through three earth orbit missions [Skylab, Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite 3 (GEOS-3), and Seasat], has reached a level of precision that now makes possible its use for important quantitative oceanographic investigations and practical applications.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tapley, B D -- Born, G H -- Hagar, H H -- Lorell, J -- Parke, M E -- Diamante, J M -- Douglas, B C -- Goad, C C -- Kolenkiewicz, R -- Marsh, J G -- Martin, C F -- Smith, S L 3rd -- Townsend, W F -- Whitehead, J A -- Byrne, H M -- Fedor, L S -- Hammond, D C -- Mognard, N M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1979 Jun 29;204(4400):1410-2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17814198" 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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