Design and calibration of the SeaWinds Scatterometer |
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| Authors: | Chialin Wu Yong Liu Kellogg KH Pak KS Glenister RL |
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| Institution: | Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA; |
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| Abstract: | The SeaWinds Scatterometer is a Ku-band Earth orbiting remote sensing radar. It has a 1 m dish antenna shared by two beams with respective nadir look angles of 40 and 46 deg, scanning azimuthally to provide greater than 90% daily coverage of the Earth at an altitude of 800 km. The first sensor was launched in 1999 and produces sea surface wind field to 2 m/s accuracy at 25 km resolution. The design and calibration of the SeaWinds radar is described here. |
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