Gander constellation for maritime disaster mitigation

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 685-692

  Da Silva Curiel, R A ^a   Jolly, G ^b   Zheng, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Satellite Observing Systems   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADIO ALTIMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIPS;

CONSTELLATION; GLOBAL ALTIMETER NETWORK DESIGNED TO EVALUATE RISK; MARITIME DISASTER MITIGATION; RADAR ALTIMETRY;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0033108630     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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