Current Trends toward the Improvement of Scientific Instruments for Weather Satellite Application,

Abstract

A survey is given of the major trends and results in the development of weather satellite instrumentation designed of weather satellite instrumentation designed to resolve inverse problems on-board the spacecraft. The discussion focuses on spacecraft similar to the American TIROS-M and ITOS weather satellites. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 07, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161839

Entities

People

  • K. Ya. Kondrat'yev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Altitude
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Calibration
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Data Transmission
  • Foreign Technology
  • Geosynchronous Satellites
  • High Resolution
  • Instrumentation
  • Inverse Problems
  • Measurement
  • Radiometers
  • Spacecraft
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites