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RISThe ERS Scatterometer Wind Measurement Accuracy: Evidence of Seasonal and Regional Biases
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A validation of European Space Agency (ESA) remote sensing satellite (ERS) scatterometer ocean wind measurements is performed using a formalism recently proposed for and applied to NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) and Special ...
Relationship between ERS Scatterometer Measurement and Integrated Wind and Wave Parameters
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Potential effects of environmental parameters such as sea state or atmospheric boundary layer stability on the normalized radar cross section (NRCS) measured by spaceborne sensors have been investigated for a long time. ...
Absolute Calibration of Jason-1 and Envisat Altimeter Ku-Band Radar Cross Sections from Cross Comparison with TRMM Precipitation Radar Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: One year of collocated, rain-free nadir Ku-band backscatter cross-section measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Mapping Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) and both Jason-1 and Envisat RA-2 altimeter measurements ...
Ocean Wave Slope Observations Using Radar Backscatter and Laser Altimeters
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Combination of laser and radar aboard an aircraft is used to directly measure long gravity wave surface tilting simultaneously with nadir-viewing microwave backscatter from the sea surface. The presented dataset is extensive, ...
The Southern Ocean Waves Experiment. Part III: Sea Surface Slope Statistics and Near-Nadir Remote Sensing
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: During the Southern Ocean Waves Experiment (SOWEX), registered ocean wave topography and backscattered power data at Ka band (36 GHz) were collected with the NASA Scanning Radar Altimeter (SRA) off the coast of Tasmania ...
Assessment of the Cycle-to-Cycle Noise Level of the Geosat Follow-On, TOPEX, and Poseidon Altimeters
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The Geodetic Satellite (Geosat) Follow-On (GFO), Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX), and Poseidon altimeter white-noise levels have been evaluated using a technique based on high-pass filtering of 1-Hz sea surface height ...
A Two-Parameter Wind Speed Algorithm for Ku-Band Altimeters
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Globally distributed crossovers of altimeter and scatterometer observations clearly demonstrate that ocean altimeter backscatter correlates with both the near-surface wind speed and the sea state. Satellite data from ...
Measurement of Directional Wave Spectra Using Aircraft Laser Altimeters
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A remote sensing method to measure directional oceanic surface waves by three laser altimeters on the NOAA LongEZ aircraft is investigated. To examine feasibility and sensitivity of the wavelet analysis method to various ...
Hurricane Directional Wave Spectrum Spatial Variation at Landfall
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The NASA Scanning Radar Altimeter (SRA) flew aboard one of the NOAA WP-3D hurricane research aircraft to document the sea surface directional wave spectrum in the region between Charleston, South Carolina, and Cape Hatteras, ...