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The study of the ocean from space

Abstract

The application of earth satellites and manned spacecraft to the study of the world's oceans is reviewed. Attention is given to the atmospheric transfer function in the visible, near-IR, middle-IR and microwave regions and the use of satellites in ocean data acquisition and transmission systems. The measurement of sea level and the topography of the ocean surface by means of orbital radar altimeters is discussed, together with IR and microwave measurements of ocean surface temperature and the study of surface roughness, surface evidence of internal waves, oil pollution and ice fields. Consideration is also given to the determination of ocean chlorophyll content and color distribution, coastal region characteristics, ocean salinity and other biological parameters from space.
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1978
Product Type:
Book
Reference Number:
EDB-82-172419
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEAS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPHYLL; DATA TRANSMISSION; ICEBERGS; IMAGES; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OILS; OPTICS; POLLUTION; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMMUNICATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ICE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYTOCHROMES; PIGMENTS; PORPHYRINS; RADIATIONS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER; 520100* - Environment, Aquatic- Basic Studies- (-1989); 520200 - Environment, Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
7056687
Country of Origin:
USSR
Language:
Russian
Submitting Site:
HEDB
Size:
Pages: 55
Announcement Date:
Aug 01, 1981

Citation Formats

Novogrudskii, B V, Skliarov, V E, Fedorov, K N, and Shifrin, K S. The study of the ocean from space. USSR: N. p., 1978. Web.
Novogrudskii, B V, Skliarov, V E, Fedorov, K N, & Shifrin, K S. The study of the ocean from space. USSR.
Novogrudskii, B V, Skliarov, V E, Fedorov, K N, and Shifrin, K S. 1978. "The study of the ocean from space." USSR.
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title = {The study of the ocean from space}
author = {Novogrudskii, B V, Skliarov, V E, Fedorov, K N, and Shifrin, K S}
abstractNote = {The application of earth satellites and manned spacecraft to the study of the world's oceans is reviewed. Attention is given to the atmospheric transfer function in the visible, near-IR, middle-IR and microwave regions and the use of satellites in ocean data acquisition and transmission systems. The measurement of sea level and the topography of the ocean surface by means of orbital radar altimeters is discussed, together with IR and microwave measurements of ocean surface temperature and the study of surface roughness, surface evidence of internal waves, oil pollution and ice fields. Consideration is also given to the determination of ocean chlorophyll content and color distribution, coastal region characteristics, ocean salinity and other biological parameters from space.}
place = {USSR}
year = {1978}
month = {Jan}
}