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Design data collection with skylab microwave radiometer-scatterometer s-193, volume 2
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Moore, R. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1975 |
| Description | The author has identified the following significant results. Skylab S-193 radiometer/scatterometer produced terrain responses with various polarizations and observation angles for cells of 100 to 400 sq km area. Classification of the observations into natural categories was achieved by K-means and spatial clustering algorithms. Microwave data acquired over the Great Salt Lake Desert area by sensors aboard Skylab and Nimbus 5 indicate that the microwave emission and backscatter were strongly influenced by contributions from subsurface layers of sediment saturated with brine. Correlations were noted between microwave backscatter response at approximately 33 deg from scatterometer (operating at 13.9 GHz) and the configuration of ground targets in Brazil as discerned from coarse scale maps. With limited, available ground truth, these correlations were sufficient to permit the production of image-like displays which bear a marked resemblance to known terrain features in several instances. |
| File Size | 5057901 |
| Page Count | 123 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19760007470 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1qg3gs4k |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1975-08-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Amazon Region South America Snow Polarization Characteristics Great Salt Lake Ut Backscattering Skylab Program Sediments Ground Truth Microwave Radiometers Scatterometers Algorithms Brines Winter Brazil Photointerpretation Clumps Erep Deserts Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |