Also known as: scatt.
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A high-frequency radar instrument that transmits pulses of energy towards the ocean and measures the backscatter from the ocean surface. It detects wind speed and direction over the oceans by analyzing the backscatter from the small wind-induced ripples on the surface of the water. Scatterometer a device to measure the an-gular distribution of scattered intensity. Its main component contains a photodetector mounted over a goniometer.
ExplorationGovernmental & MilitaryLegalScienceScientific & EducationalTechnologyThe process by which electromagnetic radiation interacts with and is redirected by the molecules of the atmosphere, ocean, or land surface. The term is frequently applied to the interaction of the atmosphere on sunlight, which causes the sky to appear blue (since light near the blue end of the spectrum is scattered much more than light near the red end).
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