DocumentCode :
3691089
Title :
Evaluation of marine vector winds observed by rapidscat on the international space station using statistical distribution
Author :
Naoto Ebuchi
Author_Institution :
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
fYear :
2015
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
4901
Lastpage :
4904
Abstract :
Statistical distribution of marine surface wind speeds and directions observed by RapidScat (RSCAT) on the International Space Station (ISS) over the global oceans were assessed to validate the vector wind products. Comparisons with buoy data and assessments of global histograms of wind speeds and directions showed that quality of the wind data observed by RSCAT is comparable to that of the previous scatterometer missions. It is confirmed that systematic errors in the wind speed and direction were not significant.
Keywords :
"Wind speed","Histograms","Radar measurements","Oceans","Statistical distributions","Spaceborne radar"
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International
ISSN :
2153-6996
Electronic_ISBN :
2153-7003
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326930
Filename :
7326930
Link To Document :
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