This file contains aircraft scatterometer data obtained over the ocean with the NASA Langley Research Center developed Radiometer-Scatterometer (RADSCAT) instrument. These data are described in NASA Technical Memorandum 84608, entitled 'Archival of Aircraft Scatterometer Data from AAFE RADSCAT Missions.' The tapes contain nerdas parameters and instrument output parameters. The first record in each file contains the mission number; flight number; the day, month, and year in which the data were acquired; and the flight line and run number. The record structure, scale factors, etc., are given in the document referenced above. The Radiometer-Scatterometer (RADSCAT) instrument was developed through the Advanced Applications Flight Experiment (AAFE) Program to study the capability of the sensor to make measurements of target signature from a remote platform. The RADSCAT was designed to make K-Band Scatterometer Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS) measurements and radiometer brightness temperature measurements of the same target on the Earth's surface. Only the Scatterometer data are provided on these tapes, since the radiometer measurement precision was found to be coarse (greater than 10K). A detailed description of the AAFE RADSCAT is available in NASA TM X-73900, entitled 'Laboratory Calibration of AAFE Radiometer/Scatterometer (RADSCAT)'.


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    Title :

    Radiometer-Scatterometer (RADSCAT) Flight Data (1973-1977)


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1977


    Size :

    pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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