SPACECRAFT OCEANOGRAPHY 1964-1967

Abstract

Part of its Natural Resources Program, NASA has sponsored for the past two years a government-wide effort to identify user requirements and to determine through a series of experiments the feasibility of employing earth- orbiting spacecraft to conduct peaceful and scientific studies and surveys of the world ocean. Ground truth test sites have been selected in the general area of Bermuda, Straits of Florida, the Gulf Stream, San Diego, and Pt. Barrow. Remote-sensor equipped aircraft are being used in various experiments over various ocean areas to gain an early appreciation of the problems and capabilities of spacecraft oceanography. Remote sensors tested to date include multi-band color cameras, radar scatterometers, infrared spectrometers and scanners, passive microwave radiometers, and radar imagers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 27, 1968
Accession Number
AD0838796

Entities

People

  • Charles C. Bates
  • John W. Sherman

Organizations

  • Naval Oceanographic Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Cameras
  • Classification
  • Ecology
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Gulf Stream
  • Infrared Spectrometers
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Remote Detectors
  • Remote Sensing
  • Security
  • Spectrometers
  • United States

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites