Satellite altimeter measurements of surface wind

Author

Glazman, Roman E. ; Greysukh, Alexander

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

1567

Abstract

Geophysical model functions (GMFs) for altimeter wind speed measurements are described. These GMFs account for an effect of the actual degree of sea development on the radar cross section by utilizing information on the significant wave height. The wind speed measurement accuracy achieved (the overall bias 0.1 m/s and the rms error about 1.6 m/s) is higher than the accuracy of commonly employed GMFs while the wave-age-related trend is reduced to a geophysically insignificant level

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; remote sensing by radar; wind; atmosphere; geophysical model function; marine boundary layer; measurement technique; ocean wave; ocean wave surface remote sensing; radar; radar cross section; radioaltimetry; satellite altimetry method; sea development; sea state; significant wave height; surface wind; wave-age-related trend; wind; Geophysical measurements; Microwave measurements; Multilevel systems; Propulsion; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Stress measurement; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322451

Filename

322451