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I ORIGINATING ACTIVITY (Corporal* author) 



Oceanographic Prediction Division 

 Marine Sciences Department 



2a. REPORT SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 



None 



36. CROUP 



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3 HEPODT TITLE 



COMPARISONS OF REMOTE AIRBORNE OCEANOGRAPHIC SENSORS 



4. DESCRIPTIVE NOTES (Type o! report and inclusive dolls; 



Technical Report (6-12 March 1966) 



»■ AUTHORtSI (First nam*, middle initial, laat name) 



C. F. Beckner, Jr. 



t REPORT DATE 



July 1968 



7a. TOTAL NO. OP PAGES 



39 



7b. NO. OF REFS 



19 



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None 



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9a. ORIGINATOR'S REPORT NUMBERIS) 



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None 



fffls pubfication is available at $0.90per copy from the Naval Oceanographic Office at the address noted below. Order 

 by publication title. Advance payment is required by check or money order payable to the Naval Oceanographic 

 Office. Contractors shall forward requests through contract representatives. Commander, Naval Oceanographic 

 Office, Attn: Code 40, Washington, D. C. 20390. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



12. SPONSORING MILITARY ACTIVITY 



U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office 

 Washington, D.C. 20390 



13. ABSTRACT 



This report compares a number of remote sensors to determine the feasibility 

 of using these sensors for detecting oceanographic features from space. The 

 sensors include an infrared scanner, infrared radiation thermometer, radar 

 scatterometer, radar wave profiler, and a microwave radiometer. Two aircraft flew 

 a series of flight tracks across the Gulf Stream near Cape Hatteras and over ARGUS 

 ISLAND Tower located southwest of Bermuda. The sensors were compared and evaluated 

 by means of simultaneous measurements. 



In addition, a quantity of Rhodamine-B dye released in the water was 

 photographed to determine if certain characteristics of water flow could be 

 estimated from aerial photographs. 



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