Paper Info
Title
Airborne scatterometers: investigating ocean backscatter under low and high-wind conditions
Abstract
Attempting to understand and predict weather on a local and global basis has challenged both the scientific and engineering communities. One key parameter in understanding the weather is the ocean surface wind vector because of its role in the energy exchange at the air-sea surface. scatterometers, radars that measure the reflectivity of a target offer a tool with which to remotely monitor these winds from tower-, aircraft-, and satellite-based platforms. This paper introduces three current airborne scatterometer systems, and presents data collected by these instruments under low-, moderate-, and high-wind conditions. The paper focuses on airborne scatterometers because of their ability to resolve submesoscale variations in wind fields. Discrepancies between existing theory and the observations are noted and the concerns in measuring low-wind speeds discussed. Finally, the application of using this technology for estimating the surface-wind vector during a hurricane is demonstrated
Year
DOI
Venue
1994
10.1109/5.338074
Proceedings of the IEEE  
Keywords
DocType
Volume
atmospheric techniques,backscatter,electromagnetic wave scattering,oceanographic techniques,radar applications,radar cross-sections,radar imaging,remote sensing,remote sensing by radar,wind,airborne scatterometer,atmosphere meteorology wind,backscatter,hurricane storm,measurement technique,radar remote sensing,radiowave reflection,sea surface ocean,weather,wind conditions
Journal
82
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
12
0018-9219
15
PageRank 
References 
Authors
6.93
2
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
J. R. Carswell12511.06
S. C. Carson22511.06
R. E. McIntosh36222.45
Fuk Li423669.32
Gregory A. Neumann52912.83
David J. McLaughlin64921.58
J. C. Wilkerson7156.93
P. G. Black8156.93
S. V. Nghiem933380.43