Title :
High-Resolution ASCAT Scatterometer Winds Near the Coast
Author :
Stoffele, A. ; Portabella, Marcos ; Verhoef, Anton ; Verspeek, Jeroen ; Vogelzan, J.
Abstract :
The Advanced Scatterometer, ASCAT, on MetOp-A was launched on 19 October 2006 as the third wind scatterometer currently in space joining up with the ERS-2 and the SeaWinds scatterometers. Scatterometers measure the radar backscatter from wind-generated cm-size gravity-capillary waves and provide high-resolution wind vector fields over the sea with high quality. In this paper we show progress in high resolution processing and its verification and in processing closer to the coast.
Keywords :
gravity waves; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; Advanced scatterometer; ERS-2 scatterometer; MetOp-A; SeaWinds scatterometer; gravity-capillary waves; high-resolution ASCAT scatterometer; high-resolution wind vector fields; radar backscatter; Information filtering; Information filters; Meteorology; Noise reduction; Open systems; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Weather forecasting; Wind forecasting; ASCAT; coast; high-resolution; scatterometer; wind;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778806
