SPACECRAFT OCEANOGRAPHY 1964-1967

Part of its Natural Resources Program, NASA has sponsored for the past two years a government-wide effort to identify user requirements and to determine through a series of experiments the feasibility of employing earth- orbiting spacecraft to conduct peaceful and scientific studies and surveys of t...

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Main Authors: Bates, Charles C., Sherman, John W.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1968
Subjects:
Meteorology
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Manned Spacecraft
*MANNED SPACECRAFT
*OCEANOGRAPHY
ORBITS
OCEAN WAVES
DETECTORS
WEATHER
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETERS
CAMERAS
RADAR EQUIPMENT
RADIOMETERS
REMOTE CONTROL
OCEAN SURVEILLANCE
SEA ICE
MONSOONS
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0838796
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0838796
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Summary:Part of its Natural Resources Program, NASA has sponsored for the past two years a government-wide effort to identify user requirements and to determine through a series of experiments the feasibility of employing earth- orbiting spacecraft to conduct peaceful and scientific studies and surveys of the world ocean. Ground truth test sites have been selected in the general area of Bermuda, Straits of Florida, the Gulf Stream, San Diego, and Pt. Barrow. Remote-sensor equipped aircraft are being used in various experiments over various ocean areas to gain an early appreciation of the problems and capabilities of spacecraft oceanography. Remote sensors tested to date include multi-band color cameras, radar scatterometers, infrared spectrometers and scanners, passive microwave radiometers, and radar imagers.

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