Title :
Sea surface wind vector measurement by airborne scatterometer having wide-beam antenna in horizontal plane
Author :
Nekrassov, Atexei
Author_Institution :
Taganrog State Univ. of Radio Eng., Rostov, Russia
Abstract :
The possibility of sea surface wind speed and direction measurement by an airborne microwave scatterometer having a wide-beam antenna in the horizontal plane is discussed
Keywords :
airborne radar; ocean waves; remote sensing by radar; velocity measurement; wind; airborne microwave scatterometer; horizontal plane; sea surface wind direction measurement; sea surface wind speed measurement; sea surface wind vector measurement; wide-beam antenna; Antenna measurements; Azimuth; Microwave antennas; Microwave measurements; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774512
