Title : 
The Surface Contour RADAR, A Unique Remote Sensing Instrument
         
        
            Author : 
Kenney, James E. ; Uliana, Enzo A. ; Walsh, Edward J.
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
12/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A 36-GHz cornputer-controlled airborne RADAR has been developed by NRL and NASA WFC which generates a false-color coded elevation map of the sea surface below the aircraft in real-time and can routinely produce ocean directional wave spectra with off-line data processing.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Airborne radar; Aircraft; Data processing; Instruments; NASA; Oceans; Radar remote sensing; Remote sensing; Sea surface; Surface waves;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TMTT.1979.1129795