Title :
Fine resolution satellite-based winds for episodic events
Author :
Bourassa, Mark A. ; O´Brien, James J.
Author_Institution :
Center for Ocean-Atmos. Prediction Studies, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA
Abstract :
Improvements are made to regularly gridded wind fields, based on seawinds scatterometer observations, with the goal of better representing episodic wind forcing for meteorological studies and for forcing ocean models.
Keywords :
meteorology; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; wind; episodic wind forcing; fine resolution satellite-based wind; meteorological study; ocean model forcing; regularly gridded wind field; seawinds scatterometer observation; Meteorology; Oceans; Radar measurements; Sampling methods; Satellites; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; Spatial resolution; Wind forecasting; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2003. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-30-0
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178484
