SAR observation and WRF simulation of marine atmospheric boundary layer phenomena

Author

Li, Xiaofeng ; Zheng, Weizhong ; Yang, Xiaofeng ; Pichel, William G. ; Li, XZiwei

Author_Institution

IMSG, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

24-29 July 2011

Firstpage

1593

Lastpage

1595

Abstract

Marine atmospheric boundary phenomena, i.e., atmospheric gravity waves (AGW), vortex streets and boundary rolls, modulate the surface wind field and will leave imprints visible on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. In this case study, we present an ENVISAT SAR observation of AGW offshore of the mountain Laoshan along the yellow sea coast of China. The Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) weather model is used to simulate the development of this group of AGW. The model simulation and SAR observation agree reasonable well.

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric waves; gravity waves; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radar imaging; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; vortices; wind; AGW; China; ENVISAT SAR observation; Laoshan mountain; SAR images; WRF simulation; WRF weather model; Weather Research and Forecasting; Yellow Sea coast; atmospheric gravity waves; boundary rolls; marine atmospheric boundary layer phenomena; surface wind field modulation; synthetic aperture radar; vortex streets; Atmospheric modeling; Atmospheric waves; Numerical models; Sea surface; Surface topography; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind; SAR; WRF; gravity waves; wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

2153-6996

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1003-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049451

Filename

6049451