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DESCRIPTION:SAtellite MIcrowave Radiometer (SAMIR) on board Bhaskara-1 in 1
 979 was first satellite-borne earth observing microwave instrument launche
 d by India\, and that was followed by Bhaskara-2 in 1981. Bhaskara-1/2 car
 ried SAMIR operated at 19\, 22 and 31 GHz (Bhaskara-2) channels\, and that
  provided the global distribution of atmospheric water vapour and cloud li
 quid water. After the launch of Bhaskara mission\, the next subsequent mis
 sion that carried the microwave instrument was Oceansat-1 with a radiomete
 r in 1999. Over the last 2 decades\, India has launched a number of satell
 ites with both active and passive microwave instruments for ocean and atmo
 spheric research and services. Today observations from satellite borne mic
 rowave instruments play a very important role in the operational weather/a
 tmospheric and oceanic services. Though the satellite remote sensing for t
 he oceans and atmosphere is carried out using instruments working in diffe
 rent regimes of the electromagnetic spectrum\, the scope of this talk is l
 imited to provide an insight into presently available satellite borne micr
 owave instruments with their characteristics\, physical basis for the meas
 urement of geophysical parameters\, and their role in the operational weat
 her/atmosphere and ocean services in the country. In this talk\, the empha
 sis is given on currently operational Indian missions such as Oceansat-2/S
 CATSAT-1\, Megha-Tropiques\, SARAL-AltiKa and RISAT\, which have carried o
 n-board various instruments such as radar scatterometer\, passive microwav
 e radiometer\, microwave humidity sounder\, radar altimeter\, synthetic ap
 erture radar and GNSS radio-occultation sounder\, etc. This talk also touc
 hes upon capabilities of many other instruments on international missions 
 that are currently not available on any Indian satellite. Finally\, this t
 alk will conclude with a discussion on planned future missions such as NIS
 AR\, Oceansat-3/3A\, and temperature and humidity sounder (TSU & HSU)\, an
 d opening of research possibilities with them.\n\nCo-sponsored by: MTT-S S
 BC IIT Kanpur\n\nSpeaker(s): Dr. Atul Varma\, \n\nRoom: 214\, Bldg: ACES\,
  Department of Electrical Engg.\, IIT Kanpur\, Kanpur\, Uttar Pradesh\, In
 dia\, 208016
LOCATION:Room: 214\, Bldg: ACES\, Department of Electrical Engg.\, IIT Kanp
 ur\, Kanpur\, Uttar Pradesh\, India\, 208016
ORGANIZER:mjakhtar@iitk.ac.in
SEQUENCE:2
SUMMARY:Microwave Remote Sensing of Oceans and Atmosphere: Present Status a
 nd Future Scenario
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/219612
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>SA</strong>tellite <strong>MI</str
 ong>crowave <strong>R</strong>adiometer (SAMIR) on board Bhaskara-1 in 197
 9 was first satellite-borne earth observing microwave instrument launched 
 by India\, and that was followed by Bhaskara-2 in 1981. Bhaskara-1/2 carri
 ed SAMIR operated at 19\, 22 and 31 GHz (Bhaskara-2) channels\, and that p
 rovided the global distribution of atmospheric water vapour and cloud liqu
 id water. &nbsp\;After the launch of Bhaskara mission\, the next subsequen
 t mission that carried the microwave instrument was Oceansat-1 with a radi
 ometer in 1999. Over the last 2 decades\, India has launched a number of s
 atellites with both active and passive microwave instruments for ocean and
  atmospheric research and services. Today observations from satellite born
 e microwave instruments play a very important role in the operational weat
 her/atmospheric and oceanic services. Though the satellite remote sensing 
 for the oceans and atmosphere is carried out using instruments working in 
 different regimes of the electromagnetic spectrum\, the scope of this talk
  is limited to provide an insight into presently available satellite borne
  microwave instruments with their characteristics\, physical basis for the
  measurement of geophysical parameters\, and their role in the operational
  weather/atmosphere and ocean services in the country. &nbsp\;In this talk
 \, the emphasis is given on currently operational Indian missions such as 
 Oceansat-2/SCATSAT-1\, Megha-Tropiques\, SARAL-AltiKa and RISAT\, which ha
 ve carried on-board various instruments such as radar scatterometer\, pass
 ive microwave radiometer\, microwave humidity sounder\, radar altimeter\, 
 synthetic aperture radar and GNSS radio-occultation sounder\, etc. This ta
 lk also touches upon capabilities of many other instruments on internation
 al missions that are currently not available on any Indian satellite. Fina
 lly\, this talk will conclude with a discussion on planned future missions
  such as NISAR\, Oceansat-3/3A\, and temperature and humidity sounder (TSU
  &amp\; HSU)\, and opening of research possibilities with them.</p>
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