Routine production of SAR-derived ice and Ocean products in the United States

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 565, 2004, Pages 175-182

  Pichel, William G ^a   Clemente Colón, Pablo ^a   Bertoia, Cheryl ^b,c   Van Woert, Michael ^a,b   Wackerman, Christopher C ^d   Monaldo, Frank ^e   Thompson, Donald R ^e   Friedman, Karen S ^a   Li, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b Cospas Sarsat Secretariat ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c National Ice Center   (United States)

^d GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

INTEGRATED PROGRAM OFFICE (IPO); NATIONAL ICE CENTER (NIC); NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (NOAA); OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS (ORA);

SEA ICE;

EID: 18644369271     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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