DMSP Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Calibration/Validation

• Main Author: Hollinger, J. P.
• Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Meteorology; Cartography and Aerial Photography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Optical Detection and Detectors; Unmanned Spacecraft; *TERRAIN; *TOPOGRAPHY; *METEOROLOGICAL DATA; *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; *OPTICAL DETECTORS; *MICROWAVE OPTICS; ALGORITHMS; DATA PROCESSING; ORBITS; ROLL; YAW; OCEAN SURFACE; VALIDATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL IMAGES; BRIGHTNESS; SNOW COVER; CLIMATE; WIND VELOCITY; CALIBRATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATION; VEGETATION; REMOTE DETECTION; WATER VAPOR; SEA ICE; BUOYS; *DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM); SSM/I(SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER); GEOLOCATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA274626; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA274626

Partial contents include: (1) Water vapor and cloud water validation; (2) Wind speed validation; (3) Land parameter algorithm validation and calibration; (4) Sea ice validation; (5) Description of hac and complete aes/ york sea ice algorithms; (6) Precipitation validation; (7) Cloud amount validation; and (8) Geolocation.