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Scatterometer wind speed bias induced by the large-scale component of the wave fieldIn order to determine if an environmental bias exists in the winds measured by the Seasat A satellite scatterometer (SASS), the SASS wind speed observations, U(s), colocated with the buoy wind speed data, U(b), were analyzed. There was a trend in the SASS wind speed error, U(b) - U(s), which was found to be related to the degree of the development of wind-generated gravity waves; this trend (estimated to be 0.5 m/sec per 100 km of the generalized wind fetch) is capable of introducing a well-pronounced environmental bias into the scatterometer-produced global distributions of wind.
Document ID
19880042098
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Glazman, R. E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Pihos, G. G.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Ip, J.
(California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
February 15, 1988
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 93
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
88A29325
Distribution Limits
Public
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