• DocumentCode
    352837
  • Title

    Comparison between QuikSCAT and altimeter wind speed measurements

  • Author

    Queffeulou, P. ; Bentamy, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. d´´Oceanogr. Spatiale, IFREMER, Plouzane, France
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    2000
  • Firstpage
    269
  • Abstract
    Collocated measurements from SeaWinds scatterometer on board the NASA QuikSCAT satellite, and from TOPEX and ERS-2 altimeters are presented. Some wind speed differences are observed and analyzed in terms of wind speed range, of the particular geometry due to the new rotating beam concept of QuikSCAT, and of significant wave height
  • Keywords
    atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; wind; ERS-2; QuikSCAT; SeaWinds scatterometer; TOPEX; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorological radar; ocean wave; radar altimetry method; radar remote sensing; radar scatterometry; rotating beam; satellite remote sensing; significant wave height; spaceborne radar; wind; wind speed; Antenna measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; NASA; Radar measurements; Satellites; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Velocity measurement; Wind speed;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
  • Conference_Location
    Honolulu, HI
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6359-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IGARSS.2000.860488
  • Filename
    860488