A scatterometer or diffusionmeter is a scientific instrument to measure the return of a beam of light or radar waves scattered by diffusion in a medium...
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ScatSat-1 (Scatterometer Satellite-1) was a satellite providing weather forecasting, cyclone prediction, and tracking services to India. It has been developed...
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QuikSCAT (redirect from Quick Scatterometer satellite)
The NASA QuikSCAT (Quick Scatterometer) was an Earth observation satellite carrying the SeaWinds scatterometer. Its primary mission was to measure the...
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derived from ASCAT and OSCAT-2**". NASA Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder. 10 November 2023. Scatterometer Climate Record Pathfinder Antarctic iceberg...
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ocean topography a wind scatterometer to measure wind speed and direction After Seasat, SARs, altimeters and scatterometers have been flown on several...
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Kiran Kumar (2014). "Cross Calibration of the OceanSAT -2 Scatterometer With QuikSCAT Scatterometer Using Natural Terrestrial Targets". Research Gate. Retrieved...
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agencies that are issuing estimates on the same system. The ASCAT is a scatterometer used by the MetOp satellites to map the wind field vectors of tropical...
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(Scanning scatterometer) on Oceansat-2 became dysfunctional after its life span of four-and-a-half years. SCATSAT carries a Ku-band scatterometer similar...
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instrumented runway visual range (IRVR), which is measured by devices called scatterometers which provide simplified installation as they are integrated units and...
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ocean-related studies, namely, Ocean Colour Monitor-2 (OCM-2), an OceanSat Scatterometer by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and an instrument called...
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NASA's 2-DSTAR, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) polarimetric scatterometer (POLSCAT) instruments. United States Department of Homeland Security...
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Ocean Surface Current Analyses – Realtime (OSCAR) Near-realtime Pacific Ocean Surface Currents derived from satellite altimeter and scatterometer data...
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altimeter to measure spacecraft height above the ocean surface Microwave scatterometer to measure wind speed and direction Scanning multichannel microwave...
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ADEOS I (section NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT))
radiometer with CCD detectors, was also produced by NASDA. The NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT), developed with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), used fan-beam...
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detect changes in surface heights with sub-millimeter precision. Wind Scatterometer used to calculate information on wind speed and direction. MWR is a...
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"Characteristics of the Yamase Winds over Oceans around Japan Observed by the Scatterometer-Derived Ocean Surface Vector Winds". Journal of the Meteorological Society...
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moved rapidly westward under the influence of a subtropical ridge. Scatterometer passes indicating a closed circulation confirmed that Tropical Storm...
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Stefano Zecchetto; Francesco De Biasio; Marco Bajo (2005). "Features of Scatterometer Wind Observations in the Adriatic Sea". In Fletcher, Caroline A.; Spencer...
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September 2014 and operated until August 2016. ISS-RapidScat was a scatterometer designed to support weather forecasting by bouncing microwaves off the...
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period included Mars Global Surveyor, Deep Space 1, TOPEX/Poseidon, NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) and the launches of Cassini, Stardust, and 2001 Mars Odyssey...
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active instruments ranging in design from imagers and sounders to a scatterometer and a radio-occultation instrument. The satellite service module is...
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resting ocean wind stress. Data for relative wind stress is obtained from scatterometers. These accurately represent the relative wind stress as they measure...
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details Automatic Radar Plotting Aid Low probability of intercept Radar scatterometer Radar tracker "AN/PPS-5B Ground Surveillance Radar Set". Federation...
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McKay (right) at Kennedy Space Center with ISS-RapidScat, the radar scatterometer which was built at JPL. Specifically, they were testing the rotating...
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(Advanced Data Collection System) AMSU-A1 and AMSU-A2 ASCAT Advanced Scatterometer AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) GOME-2 (Global Ozone...
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The same day, the depression upgraded to a tropical storm after a scatterometer pass revealed winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) in the southwest quadrant, as...
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"Characteristics of the Yamase Winds over Oceans around Japan Observed by the Scatterometer-Derived Ocean Surface Vector Winds". Journal of the Meteorological Society...
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Salmi A., Penttilä A., Kassamakov I., Hæggström E., Muinonen K. 4π Scatterometer: A new technique for understanding the general and complete scattering...
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air, and an otherwise disheveled satellite appearance, an advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) pass indicated a maximum sustained wind speed of 50 mph (80 km/h)...
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(29.4 inHg) 18 hours later. Just after 12:00 UTC on October 5, ASCAT scatterometer and satellite data indicated that Oscar degenerated into a trough while...
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