| Title | Alaska Satellite Facility celebrates 15 years |
| Author | Anonymous |
| Source | Geophysical Institute Quarterly, 20(3), p.2-3, . Publisher: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute Information Office, Fairbanks, AK, United States |
| Publication Date | 2007 |
| Notes | In English Ant. Acc. No: 84788. GeoRef Acc. No: 287636 |
| Index Terms | history; ice; ice shelves; polar regions; remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar; volcanoes; United States--Alaska; Antarctica; Arctic region; Canada; polar regions; Alaska; monitoring; observatories; radar; SAR; satellites; sea ice; United States |
| Abstract | Brief historical account of Alaska Satellite Facility and projects to monitor polar ice and volcanoes. Notes that data received by Facility results from synthetic aperture radar technology, which enables data to be received through clouds, fog, darkness and other conditions that limit systems relying on conventional observations. |
| Publication Type | journal article |
| Record ID | 63000307 |