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ABSTRACT iii 



RADARSAT-FIREX MISSION STUDY v 



I. SEA ICE MISSION REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY 1-1 



II. RENEWABLE RESOURCES MISSION REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY 2-1 



A. Potential Renewable Resources Applications 2-1 



B. Key Radar Parameter Research Issues 2-1 



1. Incidence Angles for Vegetation (Especially Crop) 

 Applications 2-3 



2. Dual-Frequency Utility 2-3 



3. Dual-Polarization Utility 2-4 



4. Spatial Resolution, Revisit Interval, and Swath 

 Width for Soil Moisture 2-4 



C. Sunmary of Preliminary Mission Requirements 2-4 



III. NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES MISSION REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY 3-1 



A. Potential Nonrenewable Resources Applications Objectives . 3-1 



B. Key Radar Parameter Research Issues 3-2 



C. Summary of Mission Requirements ... 3-3 



IV. OCEANS MISSION REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY 4-1 



A* Surface Waves 4-2 



B. Internal Waves 4-3 



C. Marine Meteorology ..... 4-3 



D. Currents 4-3 



E. Deep Convection 4-5 



F. Ice Leads 4-5 



G. SAR Specifications for Oceanographic Purposes . . 4-5 



H. Complementary Sensors 4-6 



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