Research Catalog

Title

Monitoring earth's ocean, land, and atmosphere from space-- sensors, systems, and applications / edited by Abraham Schnapf.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, ©1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

Schnapf, Abraham.

Description

xxvii, 830 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm.

Series Statement

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 97

Uniform Title

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 97.

Subjects

• Remote sensing > Equipment and supplies
• Artificial satellites

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

Earthview -- remote sensing of the Earth from space; Meteorological and environmental satellites; The TIROS meteorological satellites -- twenty-five years: 1960-1985; The Nimbus satellite system: remote sensing R&D platform of the 1970s; Remote sensing of the Earth with the defence meteorological satellite; The defence meteorological satellite program: a review of its impact; The development of the geosynchronous weather satellite system; The GOES-G and -H spacecraft design; NOAA's environmental satellite data processing and derived products; The economic benefits of operational environmental satellites; Earth radiation budget satellite; The upper atmosphere research satellite; Some possibilities on an observing system for the World Climate Program; Remote sensing of the land resources; Landsat-D and -D' -- the operational phase of land remote sensing; Practical applications of Landsat data; Remote sensing of the ocean resources; Seasat -- a retrospective; Seasat data applications in ocean industries; The Navy Geosat Mission Radar Altimeter Satellite Program; TOPEX -- a spaceborne ocean observing system; International remote sensing programs; The operational Meteosat program; The SPOT satellite system; MOMS-01: missions and results; ERS-1: mission objectives and system description; Radarsat enters Phase B; Geostationary meteorological satellite system in Japan; Marine observation satellite MOS-1; Studies in Japanese Earth Resources Satellite 1; Remote sensing activities in India -- past, present and future; Remote sensing from the Space Shuttle; Remote sensing of the Earth with spaceborne imaging radar; The orbiter camera payload system's large format camera and attitude reference system; Future systems; U.S. remote sensing of the Earth from space -- a look ahead; Spaceborne Lidar sensors: opportunity and challenge; The Earth observing system: a multidisciplinary system for the long-term acquisition of Earth science data from space.

ISBN

• 0915928981
• 9780915928989

LCCN

85013509

OCLC

• ocm12188382
• 12188382
• SCSB-9321977

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library