Title

A Ku-Band Active/Passive Wind Vector Retrieval Over The Ocean

Keywords

Active/passive remote sensing; ADEOS-II OVW simulation; AMSR; Ocean wind vector retrieval; SeaWinds scatterometer

Abstract

This work investigates the design of an innovative conical scanning Ku-band (13.4 GHz) scatterometer / radiometer for measuring ocean vector winds. The sensor design is based upon actual measurements obtained by the SeaWinds scatterometer and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR), which operated simultaneously on JAXA's Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) during 2003. This new design combines the conventional forward and aft-looking two-beam microwave scatterometer (SeaWinds) measurements with simultaneous linearly polarized passive microwave brightness temperatures. The unique aspect of this remote sensing technique is that it operates at a single microwave frequency, and it combines vertical and horizontal polarized microwave brightness temperatures with the scatterometer normalized cross sections to retrieve unambiguous ocean wind vectors. This technique has the potential to significantly improve the Ocean Vector Winds retrievals for future conical-scanning microwave scatterometers. © 2008 IEEE.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volume

1

Issue

1

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778805

Socpus ID

67649790774 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/67649790774

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