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Measurement of hurricane winds and waves with a synthetic aperture radarAn analysis of data collected in a hurricane research program is presented. The data were collected with a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) during five aircraft flights in the Atlantic in August and September, 1976. Work was conducted in two areas. The first is an analysis of the L-band SAR data in a scatterometer mode to determine the surface windspeeds in hurricanes, in a similar manner to that done by an X-band scatterometer. The second area was to use the SAR to examine the wave patterns in hurricanes. The wave patterns in all of the storms are similar and show a marked radial asymmetry.
Document ID
19790012476
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Shemdin, O. H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
King, D. B. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1979
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center 4th NASA Weather and Climate Program Sci. Rev.
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
79N20647
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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