High-Resolution ASCAT Scatterometer Winds Near the Coast

Author

Stoffele, A. ; Portabella, Marcos ; Verhoef, Anton ; Verspeek, Jeroen ; Vogelzan, J.

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

7-11 July 2008

Abstract

The Advanced Scatterometer, ASCAT, on MetOp-A was launched on 19 October 2006 as the third wind scatterometer currently in space joining up with the ERS-2 and the SeaWinds scatterometers. Scatterometers measure the radar backscatter from wind-generated cm-size gravity-capillary waves and provide high-resolution wind vector fields over the sea with high quality. In this paper we show progress in high resolution processing and its verification and in processing closer to the coast.

Keywords

gravity waves; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; Advanced scatterometer; ERS-2 scatterometer; MetOp-A; SeaWinds scatterometer; gravity-capillary waves; high-resolution ASCAT scatterometer; high-resolution wind vector fields; radar backscatter; Information filtering; Information filters; Meteorology; Noise reduction; Open systems; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Weather forecasting; Wind forecasting; ASCAT; coast; high-resolution; scatterometer; wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2807-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2808-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778806

Filename

4778806