Arctic Research in Environmental Acoustics (AREA) Technical Report No. 1: The SYNRAMS Ice Station.

Abstract

A low power, unattended, ice station for collecting data has been developed to collect synoptic environmental data in polar regions for a period of two years. An array of 10 of these ice stations was installed 250-550 nautical miles north of the Alaskan coast during the spring of 1975. In each station, 24 hours worth of the most recent data, made up of eight 32-bit words, are retained in memory for burst transmission to the RAMS (Random Access Measurement System) receiver in the polar orbiting NIMBUS-F satellite. Surface platform location to a CPE of about 5 KM is obtained through doppler measurement of the transmitted signal.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA021138

Entities

People

  • B. M. Buck
  • S. P. Burke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Measurement
  • Acoustics
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Burst Transmission
  • Measurement
  • Nautical
  • Platforms
  • Polar Regions
  • Regions

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites