Impact of fetch conditions on altimeter wind and wave measurements

Author

Queffeulou, P. ; Emifov, V. ; Shokurov, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. d´´Oceanogr. Spatiale, IFREMER, Plouzane, France

Volume

7

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

3184

Abstract

Sea surface wind speed and significant wave height (SWH) are estimated from radar altimeter measurement. The methods were established for open ocean sea state and wind conditions. In fetch limited conditions some assumptions are no longer valid. The authors analyze in situ and TOPEX altimeter measurements in the Black Sea and in the Mediterranean Sea, characterized by short fetch and young seas. In such conditions, the altimeter SWH accuracy is found within the specifications, but the wind speed is underestimated

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; ocean waves; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; Black Sea; Mediterranean Sea; TOPEX; accuracy; atmosphere; fetch conditions; fetch limited conditions; limited fetch; measurement technique; meteorological radar; ocean wave; ocean wave height; radar altimetry; radar remote sensing; sea surface; significant wave height; spaceborne radar; wind; wind speed; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gaussian distribution; Oceans; Radar cross section; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860377

Filename

860377