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Relationship between Hurricane Surface Winds and L-Band Radar Backscatter from the Sea Surface
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: High-altitude, airborne, L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data were collected in Hurricane Gloria on 28 and 30 September 1976. The backscattered power levels (proportional to the surface scattering coefficient) averaged ...
Effects of Rain Rate and Wind Magnitude on SeaWinds Scatterometer Wind Speed Errors
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Rain within the footprint of the SeaWinds scatterometer on the QuikSCAT satellite causes more significant errors than existed with its predecessor, the NASA scatterometer (NSCAT) on Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-I ...
Comparison of Scatterometer and Radiometer Wind Vector Measurements
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Coincident measurements with a 37-GHz polarimetric radiometer and a 10-GHz scatterometer during the Coastal Ocean Probing Experiment (COPE) in September and October of 1995 offered a unique opportunity to compare their ...
Measurements of Ocean Surface Stress Using Aircraft Scatterometers
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Scatterometer model functions that directly estimate friction velocity have been developed and are being tested with radar and in situ data acquired during the Surface Wave Dynamics Experiment (SWADE) of 1991. Ku-band and ...