On the radar cross section data binning

Author

Migliaccio, Maurizio ; Colandrea, Paolo

Author_Institution

Istituto Teorica e Tecnica delle Onde Elettromagnetiche, Ist. Univ. Navale, Napoli, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

6-10 Jul 1998

Firstpage

974

Abstract

Wind field observations by means of spaceborne scatterometers are of tremendous interest for oceanographic and meteorological applications. In order to best accomplish such a task the relationship between the radar cross section and the wind field, i.e. the geophysical model function, must be properly calibrated. Within such a framework a radar cross section data grouping is usually accomplished and it is referred to as binning. The authors revisit the radar cross section data binning step as a stochastic estimation procedure

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; backscatter; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; backscatter; data binning; data grouping; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; radar cross section; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar scatterometry; spaceborne radar; stochastic estimation procedure; wind; Calibration; Geophysical measurements; Meteorology; Oceans; Radar cross section; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Stochastic processes; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4403-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1998.699644

Filename

699644