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. 1979 Jun 29;204(4400):1413-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.204.4400.1413.

Seasat scatterometer: results of the gulf of alaska workshop

W L Jones, P G 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, M G Wurtele

Seasat scatterometer: results of the gulf of alaska workshop

W L Jones et al. Science. .

Abstract

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 direction to +/- 20 degrees 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.

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