DocumentCode
326962
Title
High resolution surface backscatter measurements with the SeaWinds pencil-beam scatterometer
Author
Spencer, Michael W. ; Wu, Chialin ; Long, David G.
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
4
fYear
1998
fDate
6-10 Jul 1998
Firstpage
1991
Abstract
A technique employed to extract higher resolution backscatter measurements from the SeaWinds pencil-beam scatterometer system is described. The unique methodology necessary to achieve very high radiometric accuracy for such measurements is discussed
Keywords
atmospheric techniques; backscatter; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; SeaWinds; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; ocean; pencil-beam scatterometer; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar scatterometry; sea surface; spaceborne radar; surface backscatter measurements; very high radiometric accuracy; wind; Backscatter; Earth; Image resolution; Instruments; Laboratories; NASA; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4403-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703718
Filename
703718
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