Wind reconstruction from Ku-band or C-band scatterometer data

Author

Bartoloni, Antonio ; Amelio, Claudia D. ; Zirilli, Francesco

Author_Institution

TELESPAZIO S.p.a., Rome, Italy

Volume

31

Issue

5

fYear

1993

fDate

9/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1000

Lastpage

1008

Abstract

The problem of wind reconstruction on the sea surface from scatterometer Ku-band or C-band data is considered. The authors consider a scatterometer with three beams (i.e. ERS-1) and process data points with three measurements or with two measurements (i.e. incomplete data). The procedure proposed reduces the problem of the wind vector field reconstruction to a sequence of global optimization problems solved with a stochastic global optimization algorithm. This reconstruction procedure appears to be very successful on simulated data or C-band data

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; geophysics computing; optimisation; remote sensing by radar; signal processing; wind; C-band; Ku-band; global optimization problems; scatterometer data; sea surface; stochastic global optimization algorithm; wind reconstruction; wind vector field reconstruction; Backscatter; Electromagnetic scattering; Equations; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Stochastic processes; Surface reconstruction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.263771

Filename

263771