Title :
High resolution surface backscatter measurements with the SeaWinds pencil-beam scatterometer
Author :
Spencer, Michael W. ; Wu, Chialin ; Long, David G.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A technique employed to extract higher resolution backscatter measurements from the SeaWinds pencil-beam scatterometer system is described. The unique methodology necessary to achieve very high radiometric accuracy for such measurements is discussed
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; backscatter; meteorological radar; radar cross-sections; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; SeaWinds; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; ocean; pencil-beam scatterometer; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar scatterometry; sea surface; spaceborne radar; surface backscatter measurements; very high radiometric accuracy; wind; Backscatter; Earth; Image resolution; Instruments; Laboratories; NASA; Radar measurements; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.703718
