Title :
Hurricane wind and rain measurements using a dual polarized C/Ku-band airborne radar profiler
Author :
Fernandez, Daniel Esteban ; Zhang, Xuehu ; Carswell, James ; McLaughlin, Da Vid ; Chang, Paul ; Connor, Laurence ; Black, Peter G. ; Marks, Frank D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA
Abstract :
Airborne ocean backscatter dual polarization measurements at C and Ku-band obtained in high wind speed conditions (20 to 60 m/s) are presented. The VV and HH NRCS measurements are compared. The preliminary comparisons show that the HH NRCS measurements are slightly more sensitive to the surface wind speeds for high wind speed and precipitation conditions.
Keywords :
airborne radar; rain; storms; wind; 20 m/s; 60 m/s; C/Ku-band radar profiler; airborne ocean backscatter; airborne radar profiler; dual polarization measurements; dual polarized radar profiler; hurricane wind; precipitation; rain measurements; wind speed; Airborne radar; Backscatter; Hurricanes; Oceans; Polarization; Rain; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294072
