Passive microwave remote sensing for sea ice research [electronic resource] : report of the NASA Science Working Group for the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I).
Publication Info.
Seattle, WA : Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington : Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ocean Processes Branch, 1984.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 52-55).
Summary
"Techniques for gathering data by remote sensors on satellites utilized for sea ice research are summarized. Measurement of brightness temperatures by a passive microwave imager converted to maps of total sea ice concentration and to the areal fractions covered by first year and multiyear ice are described. Several ancillary observations, especially by means of automatic data buoys and submarines equipped with upward looking sonars, are needed to improve the validation and interpretation of satellite data. The design and performance characteristics of the Navy's Special Sensor Microwave Imager, expected to be in orbit in late 1985, are described. It is recommended that data from that instrument be processed to a form suitable for research applications and archived in a readily accessible form. The sea ice data products required for research purposes are described and recommendations for their archival and distribution to the scientific community are presented."--NTIS abstract.
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Sponsored by National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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