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Sea surface topography from space; proceedings. John R. Apel, editor.

Title
Sea surface topography from space; proceedings. John R. Apel, editor.
Author
NOAA-NASA-NAVY Conference on Sea Surface Topography from Space, Key Biscayne (1971)
Publication
Boulder, Colo., Environmental Research Laboratories; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Washington, 1972.

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Additional Authors
  • Apel, John R.
  • United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • United States. Navy
Description
2 v. illus.; 27 cm.
Series Statement
NOAA technical report ERL ; 228. AOML ; 7
Uniform Title
  • NOAA technical report ERL 228.
  • NOAA technical report ERL. AOML ; 7.
Subject
  • Oceanography > Congresses
  • Marine geodesy > Congresses
  • Astronautics in earth sciences > Congresses
  • Earth (Planet) > Figure
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings
Note
  • "Conference sponsored jointly by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the United States Navy."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Volume I Forward -- Program committee -- conference attendees -- introduction Chapter I: Geodesy and ground truth 1. An observational philosophy for GEOS-C satellite altimetry / George C. Weiffenbach -- 2. Refinement of the geoid from GEOS-C data / Bernard H. Chovitz -- 3. Ground truth data requirements for altimeter performance verification / Edward J. Walsh -- 4. Use of altimetry data in a sampling-function approach to the geoid / C.A. Lundquist and G.E.O. Giacaglia -- 5. Requirements for a marine geoid compatible with the geoid deductible from satellite altimetry / D.M.J. Fubara and A.G. Mourad -- Chapter II: Tracking and orbit analysis 6. Satellite height determination using satellite-to-satellite tracking and ground laser systems / F.O. Vonbun -- 7 Satellite altitude determination uncertainties / Joseph W. Siry -- 8. Design considerations for a spaceborne ocean surface laster altimeter / Henry H. Plotkin -- 9. Optimum usage of ground stations for GEOS-C orbit determination / Chreston F. Martin -- 10. Precision tracking systems of the immediate future: a discussion / David E. Smith
  • Chapter III: Oceanography and meteorology 11. Radar pulse shape versus ocean wave height / A. Shapiro, E.A. Uliana, and B.S. Yaplee -- 12. Characteristics of ocean-reflected short radar pulses with application to altimetry and surface roughness determination / Lee S. Miller and George S. Hayne -- 13. Data requirements in support of the marine weather service program / J. Travers, R. McCaslin, and M. Mull -- 14. The composite scattering model for radar sea return / K. Krishen -- 16. Skylab S193 and the analysis of the wind field over the ocean / Willard J. Pierson, Jr. -- 16. Determination of mean surface position and sea state from the radar return of a short-pulse satellite altimeter / Donald E. Barrick -- Chapter IV: Radar systems and subsystems 17. The Skylab radar altimeter / H.R. Stanley and J.T. McGoogan -- 18. GEOS-C radar altimeter characteristics / J.B. Oakes -- 19. Satellite altimeters after Skylab and GEOS-C - should they utilize a single transmitter or an array of pulsed amplifiers? / A.H. Greene and E.F. Hudson -- 20. Radar pulse compression and high resolution sea reflectivity / F.E. Nathanson -- 21. Altitude errors arising from antenna/satellite attitude errors - recognition and reduction / Tom Godby, Ron Lambert, and Gary Milano -- 22. Feasibility of microwave holography for imaging the sea surface / Willard Wells
  • Volume II 23. Gravimetrically determined geoid in the western north Atlantic / Manik Talwani, Herbert R. Poppe, and Philip D. Rabinowitz -- 24. Comments on ocean circulation with regard to satellite altimetry / Wilton Sturges -- 25. The energy balance of wind waves and the remote sensing problem / K. Hasselmann -- 26. Tides and tsunamis / Bernard D. Zetler.
LCCN
^^^72602855^
OCLC
  • 584593
  • SCSB-10441649
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library