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* Describe the orbits and coverage of current polar-orbiting environmental satellites. * Describe improvements in data latency with the implementation of pipeline processing and the NPOESS SafetyNet© ground system. * State the differences between active and passive microwave remote sensing. * Describe crosstrack, conical, and fan beam scanning strategies, the advantages and limitations of each, and their impacts on viewing geometry and spatial resolution. * Describe the difference between window regions and absorption regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. * State the relationship between observed microwave energy, sensor field-of-view, and spatial resolution. * Describe the basic principle of polarization, how it can affect emitted microwave radiation, and its importance for characterizing surface features and atmospheric constituents. * Describe why water surfaces generally appear relatively cold and land surfaces appear relatively warm in the microwave. * Describe how passive microwave observations can be used to infer ocean surface wind speed and direction. * Describe the relationship between dielectric effect, scattering, and emissivity and its importance for microwave remote sensing. * Name some of the remote sensing applications that rely on the dielectric effect on observed microwave radiation.

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