The power of microwave remote sensing for studying the oceans of
the world was demonstrated conclusively by the SEASAT mission in
1978. Since then, no further satellite-flown instruments have been
available to provide further data of this type. However, the
proposed launch of ESA's ERS-1 satellite will lead to a new set of
active microwave instruments being flown in space in 1990. Even
though similar data has been obtained from aircraft-flown
instruments SAR, scatterometers, altimeters etc. - a great deal of
activity has been taking place to develop the necessary expertise
in handling and analysing such data when it comes on-stream from
ERS-1 and from subsequent satellites. It was against this
background that the scientific Affairs Division of NATO again
agreed to sponsor an ASI in Dundee in 1988. Its purpose was to
review existing knowledge of the extraction of marine and
atmospheric geophysical parameters from satellite-gathered
microwave data and to enable scientists to prepare themselves and
their computing systems to utilise the new data when it becomes
available. The importance of the data is largely as input
parameters to assist in the fitting of boundary conditions in large
computer models. The course was concerned more with the non-imaging
instruments, that is with passive radiometers, altimeters and
scatterometers, than with the (imaging) synthetic aperture radar.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
NATO Science Series C, 298 |
| Release date: |
September 2011 |
| First published: |
1990 |
| Editors: |
Robin A. Vaughan
|
| Dimensions: |
240 x 160 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
406 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-9401067157 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Earth sciences >
The hydrosphere >
Oceanography (seas)
|
| LSN: |
9401067155 |
| Barcode: |
9789401067157 |
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