Description Priroda

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diagram of priroda pointing out external features


remote sensing instruments:



alissa lidar - measured cloud height, structure, optical properties. 150 m vertical resolution, 1 km horizontal resolution
centaur 400 mhz receiver - used gather ocean buoy data
dopi interferometer - studies gases , aerosols. 2.4-20 micrometer
greben ocean altimeter - 10 cm resolution, 13.76 ghz, 2.5 km swath, nadir viewing
ikar n nadir microwave radiometers - 0.3, 0.8, 1.35, 2.25, 6.0 cm wavelengths, 60 km swath, resolution 60 km , 0.15 k
ikar delta scanning microwave radiometer system - scanned 40° off track 400 km swath. 4.0, 0.3, 0.8, 1.35 cm wavelengths, resolution 8 – 50 km , 0.15 - 0.5 k
ikar p panoramic microwave radiometers - 2.25, 6.0 cm wavelengths, 750 km swath, resolution 75 km , 0.15 k
istok 1 ir spectroradiometer - wavelengths between 4.0-16.0 micrometer, 7 km swath, 0.7 x 2.8 km resolution
mos-obzor spectrometer - measured aerosol profile , ocean reflectance. 17 channels between 0.750-1.01 micrometer, 80 km swath, 700 m resolution
moms 02p earth imager - 4 channels between 0.440-0.810 micrometer. multi spectral, stereo or high resolution data, 6 km resolution. german instrument, flown aboard spacelab d2 on shuttle.
msu-e2 high resolution optical scanner - 10 m resolution, 3 channels between 0.5 , 0.9 micrometer, nadir viewing, 2 x 24.5 km swaths
ozon m spectrometer - used ozone/aerosol profiles. 160 channels between 0.257-1.155 micrometer, 1 km altitude resolution
travers synthetic aperture radar - 1.28/3.28 ghz, 50 km swath, 38° angle, 50 m resolution.


closeup of travers antenna taken crew of sts-79







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