FY 1979

Seasat scatterometer: Results of the Gulf of Alaska Workshop

Jones, W.L., P.B. Black, D.M. Boggs, E.M. Bracalente, R.A. Brown, G. Dome, J.A. Ernst, I.M. Halberstam, J.E. Overland, S. Peteherych, W.J. Pierson, F.J. Wentz, P.M. Woiceshyn, and M.G. Wurtele

Science, 204(4400), 1413–1415, doi: 10.1126/science.204.4400.1413 (1979)

The Seasat microwave scatterometer was designed to measure, globally and in nearly all weather, wind speed to an accuracy of ±2 meters per second and wind directions ±20° in two swaths 500 kilometers wide on either side of the spacecraft. For two operating modes in rain-free conditions, a limited number of comparisons to high-quality surface truth indicates that these specifications may have been met.