Sea state and near surface wind speed determination from combined altimeter and scatterometer observations

Author

Arakelyan, A.K. ; Hambaryan, A.K. ; Guissard, A. ; Sobieski, P. ; Lemaire, D.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radiophys. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Ashtarak, Armenia

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

974

Abstract

The results of theoretical research and numerical estimation of sea surface backscattering coefficient dependence on the parameters describing near sea surface wind and sea surface wave fields and on the conditions of atmospheric stratification are presented. The microwave radar method is developed, for the determination of sea state and near surface wind speed, under neutral and unstable conditions of the atmosphere. Comparisons between theoretical and satellite (TOPEX altimeter and ERS-1 scatterometer) experimental data are presented

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; inverse problems; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radar altimetry; remote sensing by radar; rough surfaces; spaceborne radar; wind; TOPEX; altimeter observations; atmospheric stratification; microwave radar method; near surface wind speed determination; scatterometer observations; sea state; surface backscattering coefficient; wave fields; Atmosphere; Atmospheric waves; Backscatter; Microwave theory and techniques; Radar measurements; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774503

Filename

774503