| contributor author | Vandemark, Douglas | |
| contributor author | Edson, James B. | |
| contributor author | Chapron, Bertrand | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:07:25Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:07:25Z | |
| date copyright | 1997/06/01 | |
| date issued | 1997 | |
| identifier issn | 0739-0572 | |
| identifier other | ams-1285.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4148234 | |
| description abstract | Aircraft altimeter and in situ measurements are used to examine relationships between altimeter backscatter and the magnitude of near-surface wind and friction velocities. Comparison of altimeter radar cross section with wind speed is made through the modified Chelton?Wentz algorithm. Improved agreement is found after correcting 10-m winds for both surface current and atmospheric stability. An altimeter friction velocity algorithm is derived based on the wind speed model and an open-ocean drag coefficient. Close agreement between altimeter- and in situ?derived friction velocities is found. For this dataset, quality of the altimeter inversion to surface friction velocity is comparable to that for adjusted winds and clearly better than the inversion to true 10-m wind speed. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Altimeter Estimation of Sea Surface Wind Stress for Light to Moderate Winds | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 14 | |
| journal issue | 3 | |
| journal title | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0426(1997)014<0716:AEOSSW>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 716 | |
| journal lastpage | 722 | |
| tree | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;1997:;volume( 014 ):;issue: 003 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |
