Title :
Cross-Validation of Wind Products from Seawinds and AMSR on ADEOS-II
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Low Temp. Sci., Hokkaido Univ.
Abstract :
The Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II), which carried a microwave radiometer, AMSR, and microwave scatterometer, SeaWinds, provided us with unique opportunity to validate wind products from the both sensors. Two examples of the cross-validation of wind observations by spaceborne active and passive microwave sensors are presented in this paper. These examples clearly exhibited importance of the sensor synergy of the active and passive microwave sensors, and demonstrated needs of future missions with a combination of microwave scatterometer and radiometer onboard the same satellite to achieve simultaneous observation.
Keywords :
remote sensing by radar; wind; ADEOS-II; AMSR; Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II; SeaWinds; microwave radiometer; microwave scatterometer; sensor synergy; spaceborne active-passive microwave sensors; wind products cross-validation; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Microwave radiometry; Microwave sensors; Ocean temperature; Radar measurements; Rain; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Wind speed; ADEOS-II; AMSR; SeaWinds; marine surface wind; validation;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778997
