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Optimizing a remote sensing instrument to measure atmospheric surface pressureAtmospheric surface pressure can be remotely sensed from a satellite by an active instrument which measures return echoes from the ocean at frequencies near the 60 GHz oxygen absorption band. The instrument is optimized by selecting its frequencies of operation, transmitter powers and antenna size through a new procedure baesd on numerical simulation which maximizes the retrieval accuracy. The predicted standard deviation error in the retrieved surface pressure is 1 mb. In addition the measurements can be used to retrieve water vapor, cloud liquid water and sea state, which is related to wind speed.
Document ID
19830054077
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Peckham, G. E.
(Heriot-Watt Univ. Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Gatley, C.
(Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Flower, D. A.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1983
Publication Information
Publication: International Journal of Remote Sensing
Volume: 4
ISSN: 0143-1161
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Accession Number
83A35295
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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