Citation/Abstract

Remote sensing of the ocean surface with C- and Ku-band airborne scatterometers

by McLaughlin, David Joseph, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989, 150 pages; AAT 9011769

Abstract (Summary)

A novel dual-mode microwave scatterometer system has been designed and fabricated for remote sensing. This dissertation describes the sensor and presents unique C- and Ku-band ocean surface radar backscatter measurements obtained with it during flights on NASA C-130 and P-3 aircraft. Anisotropic C-band normalized radar cross section measurements obtained for a limited range of ocean surface windspeeds with a spinning antenna are presented. These measurements are potentially free of errors that corrupt similar measurements made with fixed-azimuth airborne scatterometers during "circle-flights". Also presented, for the first time, are open-ocean observations of the electromagnetic (EM) bias at C- and Ku-bands.

Indexing (document details)

Advisor:	McIntosh, Robert E.
School:	University of Massachusetts Amherst
School Location:	United States -- Massachusetts
Keyword(s):	C@-band
Source:	DAI-B 50/12, p. 5802, Jun 1990
Source type:	Dissertation
Subjects:	Electrical engineering, Remote sensing
Publication Number:	AAT 9011769
Document URL:	http://proquest.umi.com/pqdlink?did=745838021&Fmt=7&clientId =79356&RQT=309&VName=PQD
ProQuest document ID:	745838021

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