Tradeoffs in the Design of a Spaceborne Scanning Pencil Beam Scatterometer: Application to Sea Winds

Spencer, M. W.; Wu, C.; Long, D. G.

dc.contributor.author	Spencer, M. W.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wu, C.	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Long, D. G.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2004-10-01T05:24:27Z
dc.date.available	2004-10-01T05:24:27Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	96-1490	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/27394
dc.description.abstract	SeaWinds is a spaceborne scatterometer to be flown on the second Japanese Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (ADEOS-II) in 1999. An important international element of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), SeaWinds is an advanced follow-on to the NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) on the first ADEOS platform. Unlike previous operational spaceborne scatterometer systems, SeaWinds employs a scanning pencil-beam antenna rather than a fan-beam antenna, making the instrument more compact and yielding greater ocean coverage.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.subject.other	Sea Winds Earth Observing System EOS Advanced Earth Observation Satellite ADEOS remote sensing	en_US
dc.title	Tradeoffs in the Design of a Spaceborne Scanning Pencil Beam Scatterometer: Application to Sea Winds	en_US