Oceanography from Space : [Proceedings] / edited by J.F.R. Gower
Océanographie spatiale : [Actes] / édité par J.F.R. Gower
Gower, James. F. R. (1940-....)
"This volume is based on the proceedings of the COSPAR/SCOR/
IUCRM Symposium "Oceanography From Space" held in May 1980 in<br />Venice, Italy. COSPAR (The Committee for Space Research) suggested<br />holding a joint symposium with SCOR (The Scientific Committee for<br />Oceanic Research) as a major review of space oceanography. Since<br />this meeting fitted well with a series of colloquia organized by<br />the IUCRM (The Inter-Union Commission on Radio Meteorology), these<br />three bodies joined in sponsoring the meeting.<br />The conference was hald 16 years after the first discussions of<br />possible spaceborne observations of the ocean at a meeting<br />organized in 1964 in Woods Hole. Gifford'Ewing was then keen to<br />see oceanography benefit from the new satellite technology being<br />developed, and he begins this volume by noting that most of the<br />suggestions put forward in 1964 have now, at last, been successfully<br />demonstrated in practice. The papers that follow show the variety<br />of measurement techniques available or possible, and many of the<br />types of studies in which they can be used. Papers are arranged<br />in a general section, and in 6 specialized sections each of which<br />starts with a brief introduction summarizing important results.<br />A problem that has always been common in this field is<br />determining the accuracy of a satellite sensor by comparison with<br />ground based measurements. In some cases however, the satellite<br />accuracy is now becoming superior to that of many surface<br />observations. In almost all cases the satellite sensor averages<br />over a much larger area than any surface measurement. Since many<br />studies need such area-averages, the satellites have this advantage<br />in addition to their wide and rapid coverage, and the "accuracy<br />test" is becoming more evenly balanced, to say the least.<br />The capabilities of space sensors demonstrated by SEASAT and<br />Nimbus 7 led many American authors in this volume to plan<br />enthusiastically for use of NOSS data, and we must hope that this<br />or a similar satellite will soon reappear in the U.S. space program.<br />Other countries are quickly picking up the challenge of space<br />oceanography, and ocean satellites from Europe, Japan, Russia,<br />France and Canada may be expected before the end of the 1980's.<br />I gratefully acknowledge the support of the ISDGM, the Italian<br />National Research Council (CNR) and the University of Venice for<br />the symposium (see the note of thanks at the end of the volume),<br />and financial assistance from CaSPAR, SCOR, the IUGG and URSI for<br />the meeting and for preparation of these procedings. Shirley Lyon<br />typed the entire manuscript. Thanks also to Betty Peirson, Billie<br />Mathias, and Dorothy Wonnacott. "
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