Title :
Inferring wind direction from the organization of mesoscale atmospheric signatures in RADARSAT imagery
Author :
Winstead, Nathaniel S. ; Young, George S. ; Babin, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Meteorol., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Abstract :
A spectrally based method for estimating the surface wind direction from synthetic aperture radar imagery is presented. The method is applied to a case in which ground-truth wind measurements are available and limitations of the procedure are discussed
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; RADARSAT imagery; SAR; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; mesoscale atmospheric signature; meteorological radar; radar remote sensing; spaceborne radar; spectrally based method; synthetic aperture radar; wind direction; Atmospheric measurements; Meteorology; Physics; Rough surfaces; Sea surface; State estimation; Stress; Surface roughness; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699704
