Estimation of wind speed and wind direction from ERS-1 imagery

Author

Wackerman, Christopher ; Shuchman, Robert ; Fetterer, Florence

Author_Institution

Center for Earth Sci., Environmental Res. Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug. 1994

Firstpage

1222

Abstract

Synthetic aperture radar images over the ocean have the potential of providing wind vector information over 10 to 50 kilometer resolutions. The authors present preliminary results from an automated algorithm to extract wind speed and wind direction from SAR imagery that indicate direction errors of ±30 degrees and speed errors of ±1.5 meters/second.

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; microwave imaging; radar applications; radar imaging; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; ERS-1 imagery; SAR; atmosphere meteorology; automated algorithm; errors; marine boundary layer; measurement technique; microwave radar; radar imaging; remote sensing; synthetic aperture radar image; wind direction; wind speed; wind vector; Data mining; Image resolution; Oceans; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Spatial resolution; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399390

Filename

399390