Spaceborne radar measurement of wind velocity over the ocean-an overview of the NSCAT scatterometer system

Author

Naderi, F.M. ; Freilich, M.H. ; Long, D.G.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

79

Issue

6

fYear

1991

fDate

6/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

850

Lastpage

866

Abstract

Scatterometry and scatterometer design issues are reviewed. The design of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) to be flown on the Japanese ADEOS mission is presented. Building on Seasat experience, the NSCAT system includes several enhancements, such as three antenna azimuths in each of two swaths, and an onboard digital Doppler processor to allow backscatter measurements to be colocated everywhere within the orbit. These enhancements will greatly increase the quality of the NSCAT wind data. The ground processing of data is discussed, and scatterometers of the next decade are briefly described

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; remote sensing by radar; wind; Japanese ADEOS mission; NASA Scatterometer; NSCAT scatterometer system; antenna azimuths; backscatter measurements; onboard digital Doppler processor; spaceborne radar measurement; wind velocity; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Buildings; Extraterrestrial measurements; NASA; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.90163

Filename

90163