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Science 29 June 1979:
Vol. 204. no. 4400, pp. 1415 - 1417
DOI: 10.1126/science.204.4400.1415
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Seasat Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer: Results of the Gulf of Alaska Workshop

R. G. LIPES 1, R. L. BERNSTEIN 2, V. J. CARDONE 3, K. B. KATSAROS 4, E. G. NJOKU 5, A. L. RILEY 5, D. B. ROSS 6, C. T. SWIFT 7, and F. J. WENTZ 8

1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91103
2 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
3 Oceanweather, Inc., New York 10601
4 University of Washington, Seattle 98195
5 Jet Propulsion Laboratory
6 Atlantic Oceanic and Meteorological Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Miami, Florida 33149
7 NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia 23665
8 Frank J. Wentz and Associates, San Francisco, California 94103

The scanning multichannel microwave radiometer results for the Gulf of Alaska Seasat Experiment Workshop are quite encouraging, especially in view of the immaturity of the data-processing algorithms. For open ocean, rain-free cells of highest-quality surface truth wind determinations exhibit standard deviations of 3 meters per second about a bias of 1.5 meters per second. The sea-surface temperature shows a standard deviation of approximately 1.5°C about a bias of 3° to 5°C under a variety of changing meteorological conditions.

Submitted on April 20, 1979


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