Science Plan for the Alaska SAR Facility Program
Title | Science Plan for the Alaska SAR Facility Program PDF eBook |
Author | Alaska SAR Facility Prelaunch Science Working Team |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 108 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Artificial satellites in earth sciences |
ISBN |
Science Plan for the Alaska SAR Facility Program
Title | Science Plan for the Alaska SAR Facility Program PDF eBook |
Author | Alaska SAR Facility Prelaunch Science Working Team |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 104 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Artificial satellites in earth sciences |
ISBN |
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Title | Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 836 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
ISBN |
Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
Title | Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1586 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Title | Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1224 |
Release | |
Genre | Government publications |
ISBN |
Arctic Research of the United States
Title | Arctic Research of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 658 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Arctic regions |
ISBN |
Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice
Title | Microwave Remote Sensing of Sea Ice PDF eBook |
Author | Frank D. Carsey |
Publisher | American Geophysical Union |
Total Pages | 466 |
Release | 1992-04-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 087590033X |
Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 68. Human activities in the polar regions have undergone incredible changes in this century. Among these changes is the revolution that satellites have brought about in obtaining information concerning polar geophysical processes. Satellites have flown for about three decades, and the polar regions have been the subject of their routine surveillance for more than half that time. Our observations of polar regions have evolved from happenstance ship sightings and isolated harbor icing records to routine global records obtained by those satellites. Thanks to such abundant data, we now know a great deal about the ice-covered seas, which constitute about 10% of the Earth's surface. This explosion of information about sea ice has fascinated scientists for some 20 years. We are now at a point of transition in sea ice studies; we are concerned less about ice itself and more about its role in the climate system. This change in emphasis has been the prime stimulus for this book.