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SEASAT views oceans and sea ice with synthetic aperture radarFifty-one SEASAT synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images of the oceans and sea ice are presented. Surface and internal waves, the Gulf Stream system and its rings and eddies, the eastern North Pacific, coastal phenomena, bathymetric features, atmospheric phenomena, and ship wakes are represented. Images of arctic pack and shore-fast ice are presented. The characteristics of the SEASAT SAR system and its image are described. Maps showing the area covered, and tables of key orbital information, and listing digitally processed images are provided.
Document ID
19820016728
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Fu, L. L.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Holt, B.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 4, 2013
Publication Date
February 15, 1982
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:168919
NASA-CR-168919
JPL-PUB-81-120
Accession Number
82N24604
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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