Title :
On the Azimuth cut-off wind speed estimation for X-band COSMO-SkyMed SAR data
Author :
Montuori, A. ; Migliaccio, M. ; Nunziata, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. per le Tecnol., Univ. degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, a preliminary validation study of the Azimuth cut-off procedure is presented for the X-band COSMO-SkyMed© SAR-based wind speed estimation. The data set consists of 100 sub-images excerpted by X-band Level 1B Stripmap HImage COSMO-SkyMed© SAR data, gathered in the geographic area of Mediterranean Sea on 2009. The validation is accomplished by using the ground truth provided by timely and spatially co-located QuikSCAT scatterometer data. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach taking full benefits of X-band COSMO-SkyMed© SAR data.
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; velocity measurement; wind; AD 2009; Mediterranean Sea area; QuikSCAT scatterometer data; SAR based wind speed estimation; X-band Level 1B Stripmap HImage COSMO-SkyMed SAR; azimuth cut off procedure; azimuth cut off wind speed estimation; ground truth; Azimuth; Estimation; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Wind speed; Azimuth cut-off; COSMO-SkyMed©; SAR; X-band;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2012 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1160-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-6996
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2012.6350846
