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Title: Results from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration remote sensing experiments in the New York bight, 7-17 April 1975

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7289330

A cooperative operation was conducted in the New York Bight to evaluate the role of remote sensing technology to monitor ocean dumping. Six NASA remote sensing experiments were flown on the C-54, U-2, and C-130 NASA aircraft, while NOAA obtained concurrent sea truth information using helicopters and surface platforms. The experiments included: (1) a Radiometer/Scatterometer (RADSCAT), (2) an Ocean Color Scanner (OCS), (3) a Multichannel Ocean Color Sensor (MOCS), (4) four Hasselblad cameras, (5) an Ebert spectrometer; and (6) a Reconafax IV infrared scanner and a Precision Radiation Thermometer (PRT-5). The results of these experiments relative to the use of remote sensors to detect, quantify, and determine the dispersion of pollutants dumped into the New York Bight are presented.

Research Organization:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Station, VA (USA). Langley Research Center
OSTI ID:
7289330
Report Number(s):
N-77-23573; NASA-TM-X-74032
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English