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The extrapolation of laboratory and aircraft radar sea return data to spacecraft altitudesLaboratory measurements show that the spectra of capillary waves grow with wind speed over six orders of magnitude. The scatter in the data can be partially understood and predicted from a combination of turbulence theory, radar theory, and the small sample theory of statistical inference. When these results are applied to a prediction of the sea return values to be obtained by S193 on Skylab, it can be shown that the size of the illuminated patch effectively averages out the horizontal scales of gustiness, so that the measurement will correspond to the synoptic scale wind.
Document ID
19720021742
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Pierson, W. J.
(New York Univ. New York, NY, United States)
Moore, R. K.
(Kansas Univ.)
Date Acquired
August 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 21, 1972
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Manned Spacecraft Center 4th Ann. Earth Resources Program Rev., Vol. 4
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
72N29392
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: N62306-70-A-0075-0007
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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