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INDIAN REMOTE SENSING SATELLITE [2 records]

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Record 1 2004-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Remote Sensing
  • Oceanography
CONT

IRS-P4 (OCEANSAT-1) will have [a] Multi-frequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) ... which operates in four microwave frequencies both in vertical and horizontal polarisation [and which] is used to collect data on sea surface temperature, wind speed, cloud water content and water vapour content in the atmosphere above the ocean.

CONT

IRS-P4 ... carried onboard Multichannel Scanning Microwave Radiometer (MSMR) ... MSMR provides measurements of brightness temperatures at 6.6, 10, 18 and 21 GHz frequencies in both horizontal and vertical polarisations.

CONT

Multifrequency Scanning Microwave Radiometer(MSMR) onboard Indian Remote Sensing Satellite(IRS-P4) has been utilized for measurement of precipitation over Indian Oceanic region.

Key term(s)
  • multi-channel scanning microwave radiometer
  • multichannel scanning micro-wave radiometer
  • multifrequency scanning micro-wave radiometer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Télédétection
  • Océanographie
CONT

[Le satellite indien de télédétection à orbite polaire] IRS-P4 [est équipé d'un] : radiomètre en hyperfréquence à balayage multibande (MSMR) [qui fournit des données sur :] teneur en eau liquide, vents océaniques de surface, température de surface de la mer, valeur d'eau, couleur des océans et aérosols.

Key term(s)
  • radiomètre MSMR

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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