Paper Info
Title
Polarimetric measurements of sea surface brightness temperatures using an aircraft K-band radiometer
Abstract
Presents the first experimental evidence that the polarimetric brightness temperatures of sea surfaces are sensitive to ocean wind direction in the incidence angle range of 30 to 50°. The experimental data were collected by a K-band (19.35 GHz) polarimetric wind radiometer (WINDRAD) mounted on the NASA DC-8 aircraft. A set of aircraft radiometer flights was successfully completed in November 1993. The authors performed circle flights over National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) moored buoys deployed off the northern California coast, which provided ocean wind measurements. The results indicate that passive polarimetric radiometry has a strong potential for global ocean wind speed and direction measurements from space
Year
DOI
Venue
1995
10.1109/36.368219
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
aerospace instrumentation,microwave measurement,oceanographic equipment,oceanographic techniques,radiometers,radiometry,remote sensing,temperature measurement,19.35 GHz,AD 1993 11,NASA DC-8 aircraft,NDBC moored buoys,NE Pacific coast,WINDRAD,aircraft K-band radiometer,global ocean wind direction measurements,global ocean wind speed measurements,northern California coast,passive polarimetric radiometry,polarimetric brightness temperatures,polarimetric measurements,polarimetric wind radiometer,sea surface brightness temperatures
Meteorology,Buoy,Wind speed,Brightness temperature,Sea surface temperature,Remote sensing,Wind direction,Radiometry,Brightness,Mathematics,Radiometer
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
33
1
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
39
27.65
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
S. H. Yueh114056.82
W. J. Wilson215854.94
Fuk Li323669.32
S. V. Nghiem433380.43
W. B. Ricketts53927.65