SSM/I (Special Sensor Microwave/Imager) Project Summary Report

The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) is a passive microwave radiometric system designed to provide retrievals of the environmental parameters sea surface wind, precipitation, atmospheric moisture content, soil moisture and sea ice conditions. It is a joint Navy/Air Force project developed by...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hollinger, James P., Lo, Robert C.
Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1983
Subjects:
Meteorology
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
Unmanned Spacecraft
*METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
*METEOROLOGICAL RADAR
*RADAR IMAGES
*MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
*RADIOMETERS
SPACE SYSTEMS
MODELS
INTERACTIONS
WIND
MOISTURE CONTENT
PRECIPITATION
SOILS
IMAGES
CLIMATE
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
INSTRUMENTATION
NAVAL OPERATIONS
GEOPHYSICS
SEA STATES
ATMOSPHERES
HUMIDITY
DEFENSE SYSTEMS
DETECTORS
ENVIRONMENTS
SEA ICE
ALGORITHMS
DATA PROCESSING
MICROWAVE IMAGERS
WU1543
PE35160N
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA128803
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA128803
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Summary:The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) is a passive microwave radiometric system designed to provide retrievals of the environmental parameters sea surface wind, precipitation, atmospheric moisture content, soil moisture and sea ice conditions. It is a joint Navy/Air Force project developed by the Hughes Aircraft Company under the direction of the Navy Space System Activity (NSSA) and the Air Force Space Division to be flown on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP). The Space Sensing Applications Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory has served as a technical consultant to NSSA beginning in fiscal year 1982. A summary description of the SSM/I instrument; and descriptions of the geophysical models, the interaction model, the retrieval technique and climatology used for the SSM/I environmental retrieval algorithm are presented. This information may serve as an introduction to the SSM/I for those individuals who have an interest in the SSM/I and its geophysical data products. The studies, conducted at the request of the NSSA to evaluate and investigate specific details of the instrument and algorithms are attached as Appendix A through E.

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