A Comprehensive Description of the Mission Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Environmental Parameter Extraction Algorithm.

Abstract

The Mission Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) is a passive microwave radiometric system designed to provide retrievals of the environmental parameters including sea surface wind, precipitation, atmospheric moisture content, soil moisture and sea ice conditions. It is a joint Navy/Air Force project developed by Hughes Aircraft Company under the direction of the Navy Space Systems Activity (NSSA) and the Air Force Space Division to be flown on the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. The Space Sensing Applications Branch of the Naval Research Laboratory has served as a technical consultant to NSSA beginning in fiscal year 1982. Description of the environmental parameter retrieval technique, the geophysical model, the radiative transfer model and the parameter retrieval algorithms are presented. This information is designed to provide a comprehensive view of the SSM/I environmental parameter extraction algorithm for those individuals who have an interest in the geophysical data products from the SSM/I.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1983
Accession Number
ADA134052

Entities

People

  • R. C. Lo

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Critical Temperature
  • Data Processing
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Drops
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Scattering
  • Sea Ice
  • Space Systems
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space