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Progress in developing GeoSTAR - Microwave Sounder for GOES-R

Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H.·Brown, S. T.·Dinardo, S. J.·Kangaslahti, P. P.·Tanner, A. B.·Wilson, W. J.
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The Geostationary Synthetic Thinned Aperture Radiometer (GeoSTAR)is a new concept for a microwave sounder, intended to be deployed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under NASA Instrument Incubator Program sponsorship, and is currently undergoing tests and performance characterization.

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Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H., Brown, S. T., Dinardo, S. J., Kangaslahti, P. P., Tanner, A. B., Wilson, W. J.. 2005-07-01. Progress in developing GeoSTAR - Microwave Sounder for GOES-R. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20060042864

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