Title
Ocean Surface Observation by C-Band Polarimetric Weather Radar in Okinawa Island
Abstract
We apply a C-band multi-parameter weather radar in the Okinawa Island to non-weather measurements. Its full-polarimetric and Doppler velocity measurement capability would be very powerful tool for observing land and ocean surface properties, if the target area is located appropriately to the radar. Located at the top of a mountain in the middle of the island, the radar has good view of its surrounding ocean. We make the radar observe ocean surfaces, in different wind conditions. The results show that the radar cross-section is larger when the wind speed is larger, and relatively smaller in the downwind side of the island, as expected. Cross-polarization components HV show similar dependency on wind conditions to HH and VV components. Measured Doppler velocities also show azimuth variation depending on the wind speed and direction.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778879
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Keywords
Field
DocType
Doppler radar,meteorological radar,oceanography,radar polarimetry,wind,C-band polarimetric weather radar,Doppler velocity measurement,HH components,HV cross-polarization components,Okinawa Island,VV components,land-ocean surface properties,nonweather measurements,wind direction,wind speed,Doppler radar,Radar polarimetry,Sea surface electromagnetic scattering
Radar,Meteorology,Doppler radar,Low-frequency radar,Wind speed,Weather radar,Computer science,Remote sensing,Wind direction,Radar horizon,Radar cross-section
Conference
Volume
ISBN
Citations 
1
978-1-4244-2808-3
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
1
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Satake, M.100.34
Katsuhiro Nakagawa246.16
Shoichiro Kojima345.11
Shinsuke Satoh4175.32