Polar Exploration with Nimbus Meteorological Satellite
Discusses the use of photographs from spacecraft to determine various kinds of features, based on experiences with Nimbus I during Aug-Sept 1964. Advanced Vidicon Camera System photographs of sea and glacier ice in Canada, Greenland, and the Antarctic are shown; and the nature and quality of data yi...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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The Arctic Institute of North America
1965
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3474 http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3474/3449 |
| Summary: | Discusses the use of photographs from spacecraft to determine various kinds of features, based on experiences with Nimbus I during Aug-Sept 1964. Advanced Vidicon Camera System photographs of sea and glacier ice in Canada, Greenland, and the Antarctic are shown; and the nature and quality of data yielded are considered. The striking pattern of sunlight and shadows resulting from low sun angle near the poles is noted, also a method for estimating heights of peaks, glacier slopes, etc from length of the shadows. Surface temperatures and snow and ice emissivities in the Antarctic were determined from High Resolution Infra-Red photographs. |
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