Six hours later, the JTWC upgraded Lingling to a tropical storm, based on the scatterometer data and Dvorak estimates.
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Geostationary satellite imagery and scatterometer data indicated that the depression strengthened into Tropical Storm Nadine at 0000 UTC on September 12.
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A scatterometer, an instrument mounted on a low-flying satellite, estimated the winds of Scott to be 45 knots.
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As radiation reflected back to the satellite, the scatterometer, just like doppler radar, determined the speed of the capillary waves.
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The most advanced instrument until now was the NASA Scatterometer, or Nscat, launched aboard the Japanese Midori satellite in August 1996.
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The Wind Scatterometer and GOME were the only instruments of their kind until the launches of MetOp-A and Envisat, respectively.
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During 2007, the flight model OCM payload electronics was realised, the camera assembly was in progress and scatterometer configuration was finalised.
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The basin-wide MOC strength and vertical structure are estimated via Ekman transports by satellite scatterometer measurements and the geotrophic and direct current observations.
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On board were two NASA instruments _ a spectrometer that measured ozone levels, and a scatterometer that was used to better understand regional weather patterns.
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That evening, corroborating data from ships, satellite imagery, and scatterometer estimates indicated the formation of a tropical depression by 12 : 00 UTC.
