Title :
Development of a SeaWinds wind product for weather forecasting
Author :
Portabella, M. ; Stoffelen, A. ; de Vries, J.
Author_Institution :
R. Netherlands Meteorol. Inst., De Bilt, Netherlands
Abstract :
SeaWinds data are provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at 25-km resolution, whereas most numerical weather prediction (NWP) models use observations at least a 100-km density. We have developed a QuikSCAT wind product at a coarser resolution than the JPL product in order to achieve a more appropriate information content for assimilation in NWP models. This product includes quality control, wind retrieval, and ambiguity removal
Keywords :
remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; weather forecasting; wind; QuikSCAT; QuikSCAT wind product; SeaWinds data; ambiguity removal; conically scanning pencil-beam scatterometer; information content; numerical weather prediction models; observations; quality control; wind retrieval; Backscatter; Geophysical measurements; Information retrieval; Maximum likelihood estimation; Meteorology; Quality control; Radar measurements; Storms; Weather forecasting; Wind forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976751
