Manifestations of atmospheric boundary layer processes in the sea-surface polarized emission

Author

Pospelov, Michael

Author_Institution

Space Res. Inst., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

652

Abstract

A combined analysis of active and passive microwave remote sensing data is performed. The presented experimental data were obtained with the airborne Ka-band nadir-looking polarimeter and Ku-band side-looking radar during the JUSREX experiment in the North Atlantic. The polarimeter data were used for near-surface wind vector retrieval. The processes in the atmospheric boundary layer (wind speed and direction variations, convective motions) reveal themselves in the radar images and polarimetric data through the modulation of short gravity-capillary waves

Keywords

airborne radar; atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; polarimetry; radar polarimetry; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; tropospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; wind; EHF; JUSREX; Ka-band; Ku-band; North Atlantic; SHF; airborne radar; atmosphere; marine boundary layer; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; nadir-looking polarimeter; near-surface wind vector retrieval; ocean; passive microwave; polarimetry; polarization; radar remote sensing; radiowave emission; radiowave propagation; remote sensing; sea surface; sea-surface polarized emission; side-looking radar; wind direction; wind speed; Aircraft; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Optical surface waves; Passive microwave remote sensing; Polarization; Radiometers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.773595

Filename

773595