The SeaWinds scatterometer instrument is currently being developed by NASA/JPL, as part of the NASA EOS Program, for flight on the Hapanese ADEOS II mission in 1999. This Ku-band radar scatterometer will infer surface wind speed and direction by measuring the radar normalized backscatter cross-section over several different azimuth angles. This paper presents the design characteristics of and operational approach to the instrument itself.


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    Title :

    The SeaWinds Scatterometer Instrument


    Contributors:
    Wu, C. (author) / Graf, J. (author) / Freilich, M. (author) / Long, D. (author) / Spencer, M. (author) / Tsai, W. (author) / Lisman, D. (author) / Winn, C. (author)

    Publication date :

    1994-08-08


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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