Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry

The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) was launched on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites in 1978. The SMMR has the ability to measure sea surface temperature and wind speed with the aid of microwaves. In addition, the instrument was designed to measure water vapor and cloud liquid wa...

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Main Authors: Njoku, E. G., Swanson, L.
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Published: 1983
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Sea ice
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19840038167 2023-05-15T18:18:13+02:00 Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry Njoku, E. G. Swanson, L. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Oct 1, 1983 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19840038167 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19840038167 Accession ID: 84A20954 Copyright Other Sources 48 Monthly Weather Review; 111; 1977-198 1983 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T15:50:00Z The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) was launched on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites in 1978. The SMMR has the ability to measure sea surface temperature and wind speed with the aid of microwaves. In addition, the instrument was designed to measure water vapor and cloud liquid water with better spatial resolution than previous microwave radiometers, and to make sea-ice measurements with higher precision. A description is presented of the results of global analyses of sea surface temperature, wind speed, water vapor, and cloud liquid water, taking into account data provided by the SMMR on the Seasat satellite. It is found that the SMMR data show good self-consistency, and can usefully measure global distributions of sea surface temperatures, surface winds, water vapor, and cloud liquid water. Other/Unknown Material Sea ice NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
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Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
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description The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) was launched on the Seasat and Nimbus 7 satellites in 1978. The SMMR has the ability to measure sea surface temperature and wind speed with the aid of microwaves. In addition, the instrument was designed to measure water vapor and cloud liquid water with better spatial resolution than previous microwave radiometers, and to make sea-ice measurements with higher precision. A description is presented of the results of global analyses of sea surface temperature, wind speed, water vapor, and cloud liquid water, taking into account data provided by the SMMR on the Seasat satellite. It is found that the SMMR data show good self-consistency, and can usefully measure global distributions of sea surface temperatures, surface winds, water vapor, and cloud liquid water.
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author Njoku, E. G.
Swanson, L.
author_facet Njoku, E. G.
Swanson, L.
author_sort Njoku, E. G.
title Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
title_short Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
title_full Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
title_fullStr Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
title_full_unstemmed Global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
title_sort global measurements of sea surface temperature, wind speed and atmospheric water content from satellite microwave radiometry
publishDate 1983
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