• DocumentCode
    1051404
  • Title

    SASS measurements of the Ku -band radar signature of the ocean

  • Author

    Schroeder, Lyle C. ; Grantham, William L. ; Mitchell, John L. ; Sweet, Jon L.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA
  • Volume
    7
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1982
  • fDate
    1/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3
  • Lastpage
    14
  • Abstract
    SeaSat-A Satellite Scatterometer (SASS) measurements of normalized radar cross section (NRCS) have been merged with high quality surface-wind fields based on in situ, to create a large data base of NRCS-wind signature data. These data are compared to the existing NRCS-wind model used by the SASS to infer winds. False-color maps of SASS NRCS and ocean winds from multiple orbits show important synoptic trends.
  • Keywords
    Meteorological satellites; Radar imaging/mapping; Radar scattering; Sea measurements; Sea surface electromagnetic scattering; Extraterrestrial measurements; Oceans; Orbits; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Oceanic Engineering, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0364-9059
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JOE.1982.1145504
  • Filename
    1145504
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1051404