Relating the microwave radar cross section to the sea surface stress - Physics and algorithmsThe FASINEX (Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment) provided a unique data set with coincident airborne measurements of the ocean surface radar cross section (at Ku-band) and surface windstress. It is being analyzed to create new algorithms and to better understand the air-sea variables that can have a strong influence on the RCS (radar cross section). Several studies of portions of data from the FASINEX indicate that the RCS is more dependent on the surface stress than on the wind speed. Radar data have been acquired by the JPL and NRL groups. The data span 12 different flight days. Stress measurements can be inferred from ship-board instruments and from aircraft closely following the scatterometers.
Document ID
19920052404
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Weissman, David E. (Hofstra University Hempstead, NY, United States)
Plant, William J. (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MA, United States)
Brown, Robert A. (Washington, University Seattle, United States)
Davidson, Kenneth L. (U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA, United States)
Shaw, William J. (Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories Richland, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Subject Category
Oceanography
Meeting Information
Meeting: IGARSS ''91: Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium