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  • noun A form of radar used to measure surface winds from satellites, by detecting scattered microwave radiation

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  • A very large, broad, easterly wave is located just south of the Cape Verde islands, with a disorganized low-mid-level circulation at about 12N 25W (easy to spot from the 07: 25Z WindSat and 10: 55Z ASCAT microwave scatterometer overpasses).

    NYT > Home Page 2010

  • Data from the recently-launched Oceansat-2, which carried an atmospheric sounder 'ROSA' from Italy apart from main payloads - ocean colour monitor and scatterometer - is highly sought after by international scientific community.

    Analysis 2010

  • The QuikScat spacecraft and scatterometer instrument themselves remain in otherwise good health.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • The QuikScat spacecraft and scatterometer instrument themselves remain in otherwise good health.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • (PhysOrg. com) -- NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • For example, degraded scatterometer measurements from QuikScat can still be useful for cross-calibrating the mission's climate data record with measurements from other scatterometers, including the operational EUMETSAT ASCAT instrument, India's recently launched Oceansat-2 and a planned Chinese scatterometer.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • (PhysOrg. com) -- NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • For example, degraded scatterometer measurements from QuikScat can still be useful for cross-calibrating the mission's climate data record with measurements from other scatterometers, including the operational EUMETSAT ASCAT instrument, India's recently launched Oceansat-2 and a planned Chinese scatterometer.

    NASA Earth Observatory 2009

  • For example, degraded scatterometer measurements from QuikScat can still be useful for cross-calibrating the mission's climate data record with measurements from other scatterometers, including the operational EUMETSAT ASCAT instrument, India's recently launched Oceansat-2 and a planned Chinese scatterometer.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

  • For example, degraded scatterometer measurements from QuikScat can still be useful for cross-calibrating the mission's climate data record with measurements from other scatterometers, including the operational EUMETSAT ASCAT instrument, India's recently launched Oceansat-2 and a planned Chinese scatterometer.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

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