VHF downlink communication system for SLAR dataThis paper describes a real-time VHF downlink communication system for transmitting side-looking airborne-radar (SLAR) data directly from an aircraft to a portable ground/shipboard receiving station. Use of this receiving station aboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw for generating real-time photographic quality radar images will be discussed. The system was developed and demonstrated in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard and NOAA National Weather Service as part of the Project Icewarn all-weather ice information system for the Great Lakes Winter Navigation Program.
Document ID
19790067084
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Schertler, R. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Chase, T. L. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Mueller, R. A. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Kramarchuk, I. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Jirberg, R. J. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Gedney, R. T. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1979
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking
Meeting Information
Meeting: University of Michigan, International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment