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Measurement of oceanic wind vector using satellite microwave radiometersA feasibility study of deriving both a wind speed and direction from microwave radiometer measurements of the ocean is presented. The study was based on the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) measurements in conjunction with buoy reports from the National Data Buoy Center. It was found that the SSM/I minus the buoy wind speed difference is correlated with wind direction due to a wind direction signal in the brightness temperatures. When this wind direction signal is removed the rms difference between the SSM/I and buoy winds reduces to 1.3 m/s. The wind direction signal was used to make global, low-resolution maps of the monthly mean oceanic wind vector.
Document ID
19930035725
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Wentz, Frank J.
(Remote Sensing Systems Santa Rosa, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume: 30
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0196-2892
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
93A19722
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS8-38075
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-30929
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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