Title :
Investigation of microwave scattering and emission of sea surface perturbations by rain conducted with space “ALMAZ-1” SAR and shipborne radiometers
Author :
Bulatov, M.G. ; Bolotnikova, G.A. ; Etkin, V.S. ; Skvortsov, E.I.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Space Res., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia
Abstract :
In the last few years there has been interest in the problem of remote sensing of the rain perturbed sea surface. The prime reason is that the determination of sea wave spectra, near surface wind speed and sea surface temperature by means of algorithms which don´t take into account these perturbations significantly degrades remote sensing efficiency and accuracy of weather and climate predictions. In this paper the results of experimental investigation of the influence of rain on backscattering and emission from the sea surface are presented. The results were obtained during a ship-airborne-space joint experiment which was conducted in July-August 1992
Keywords :
atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; microwave measurement; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; radiometry; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; wind; ALMAZ-1; SAR; SST; algorithm; atmosphere meteorology; backscatter; emission; marine boundary layer; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; microwave scattering; ocean wave spectra; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; rain effect; rain perturbed sea surface; sea surface temperature; wind; Degradation; Ocean temperature; Rain; Remote sensing; Scattering; Sea surface; Surface waves; Temperature sensors; Weather forecasting; Wind speed;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International
Conference_Location :
Firenze
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2567-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1995.521143
