Title :
Effect of precipitation on ocean wind scatterometry
Author :
Yang, Jilong ; Zhang, Xuehu ; Chen, Xiuwan ; Ke, Yinghai ; Esteban, Daniel ; Carswell, James ; Frasier, Stephen ; McLaughlin, David J. ; Chang, Paul ; Black, Peter ; Marks, Frank
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Remote Sensing & Geogr. Inf. Syst., Peking Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
This paper presents preliminary results of precipitation effect on microwave scatterometry wind estimates at C and Ku band. The results show that microwave scatterometer underestimates the wind speed by up to 10 m/s for rain rate condition of 15 mm/hr and wind speed condition of 25 to 30 m/s for both frequency bands
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; hydrological techniques; oceanographic techniques; rain; remote sensing; wind; 10 m/s; 25 to 30 m/s; C band; Ku band; microwave scatterometry wind estimate; ocean wind scatterometry; precipitation effect; rain rate condition; wind speed; Geophysical measurements; Hurricanes; Oceans; Power measurement; Radar measurements; Rain; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370265
