Overseas trip report, CV 990 underflight mission

The scanning microwave radiometer-7 simulator, the ocean temperature scanner, and an imaging scatterometer/altimeter operating at 14 GHz were carried onboard the NASA CV-990 over open oceans, sea ice, and continental ice sheets to gather surface truth information. Data flights were conducted over th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Crawford, J., Gloersen, P., Hardis, L.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1980
Subjects:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Norwegian Sea
Greenland
Norway
Bear Island
Ice Sheet
Sea ice
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19800017266
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Summary:The scanning microwave radiometer-7 simulator, the ocean temperature scanner, and an imaging scatterometer/altimeter operating at 14 GHz were carried onboard the NASA CV-990 over open oceans, sea ice, and continental ice sheets to gather surface truth information. Data flights were conducted over the Norwegian Sea to map the ocean polar front south and west of Bear Island and to transect several Nimbus-7 footprints in a rectangular pattern parallel to the northern shoreline of Norway. Additional flights were conducted to obtain correlative data on the cryosphere parameters and characteristics of the Greenland ice sheet, and study the frozen lakes near Barrow. The weather conditions and flight path way points for each of the nineteen flights are presented in tables and maps.

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