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QuikSCAT

Quick Scatterometer

Type

Orbiter

Launch

June 19, 1999

Target

Earth

Objective

Study ocean winds to enhance environmental predictions and weather forecasting

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Disaster Management: Rapid Dry-Up of Rainwater on Land Surface Leading to the Santa Barbara Wildfire

Recent State of Arctic Sea Ice

NASA’s QuikScat Maps Southern California’s Destructive Santa Ana Winds

NASA Measures Fitow’s Winds by Satellite

Tropical Cyclone Gonu Observed by QuikSCAT

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