KRMS (K-Band Radiometric Mapping System) SSM/1 Validation March 1988 Quick Look Report.

• Main Authors: Farmer, L. D., Eppler, Duane T., Heydlauff, Bruce, Olsen, D.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment; *K BAND; *RADAR IMAGES; *MAPPING; *SEA ICE; PASSIVE SYSTEMS; MICROWAVES; TIME; NAVIGATION; FLIGHT; CHARTS; RECORDS; COLLECTION; RADIOMETRY; KA BAND; ARCTIC REGIONS; STORAGE RACKS; BEAUFORT SEA; GROUND SPEED; CHUKCHI SEA; ALASKA; CANADA; BERING SEA; COASTAL REGIONS; VALIDATION; *KRMS(K-BAND RADIOMETRIC MAPPING SYSTEM); AS91D; K-BAND RADIO SYSTEM; SSM/I; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER; KA BAND RADIOMETRIC MAPPING; PASSIVE MICROWAVE; SEA ICE; RADAR IMAGES; PE61101A; WUDN258060; Arctic; Bering Sea; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Eielson; Fairbanks; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA205606; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA205606

The primary objective of this mission was to provide high-re solution passive microwave imagery in support of the NASA SSM/I sea ice algorithm verification program. Four flights were flown, originating from Eielson AFB, Fairbanks, Alaska, over the Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, and the Bering Sea. T...