May 12 1974
From The Space Library
12-17 May: Scientists from the U.S. and U.S.S.R., participating in a Leningrad symposium on final results of the 17 Feb.-8 March 1973 joint Bering Sea experiment, concluded that satellite data could be used for accurate assessment of sea surface and related atmospheric conditions. Two research groups had independently surveyed the sea surface under identical atmospheric conditions, using microwave radiometry equipment aboard U.S. and U.S.S.R. research aircraft. Results had been com-pared with data obtained by ships sailing below. Findings offered convincing proof that scientists could use microwave measurements from satellites to assess sea ice distribution, motion, and stress and that multi-spectral observations could determine the content of liquid water and water vapor in the atmosphere above the sea surface. (NASA Release 74-139)
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