Title :
Case studies of airborne radiometer signals over the ocean
Author :
West, Richard D. ; Yueh, Simon H.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents some case studies of multi-frequency multi-polarization brightness temperatures obtained in a variety of surface and atmospheric conditions. All of the channels showed the characteristic sinusoidal modulation with azimuth caused by wind stress on the ocean surface. The lowest frequency channel (10 GHz) seemed to show more modulation than other frequencies, especially in the U channel. The U channel was the least sensitive to the atmospheric conditions
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric radiation; atmospheric techniques; microwave measurement; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; wind; 10 GHz; U channel; airborne radiometer signals; atmospheric conditions; azimuth; multi-frequency multi-polarization brightness temperatures; ocean; ocean surface; sinusoidal modulation; surface conditions; wind stress; Computer aided software engineering; Frequency; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Polarization; Rough surfaces; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface roughness; Wind;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699571
