Determination of the near ocean surface wind speed by altimeter data: the first results

Author

Karaev, Vladimir ; Kanevsky, Mikhail

Author_Institution

Inst. of Appl. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

fYear

1996

fDate

10-13 Sep 1996

Firstpage

449

Lastpage

452

Abstract

The further theoretical consideration of the normalized radar cross section dependence on the sea state parameters (wind speed, wave development stage and “mixed” sea) at normal incidence is carried out. A new theoretical algorithm for wind speed retrieval using independent altimeter measurements of the cross section and significant wave height is analyzed. Estimates of the precision of the new algorithm precision are made

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; wind; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; near ocean surface wind speed; normalized radar cross section dependence; radar altimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering theory; sea state parameters; theoretical algorithm; wind speed; wind speed retrieval; Algorithm design and analysis; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Oceans; Radar cross section; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface waves; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 1996., 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lviv

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3291-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MMET.1996.565758

Filename

565758