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A new parameterization of an empirical model for wind/ocean scatterometry
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Boggs, D. H. McGoldrick, L. F. Woiceshyn, P. M. Wurtele, M. G. Peteherych, S. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | The power law form of the SEASAT A Scatterometer System (SASS) empirical backscatter-to-wind model function does not uniformly meet the instrument performance over the range 4 to 24 /ms. Analysis indicates that the horizontal polarization (H-Pol) and vertical polarization (V-Pol) components of the benchmark SASS1 model function yield self-consistent results only for a small mid-range of speeds at larger incidence angles, and for a somewhat larger range of speeds at smaller incidence angles. Comparison of SASS1 to in situ data over the Gulf of Alaska region further underscores the shortcomings of the power law form. Finally, a physically based empirical SASS model is proposed which corrects some of the deficiencies of power law models like SASS1. The new model allows the mutual determination of sea surface wind stress and wind speed in a consistent manner from SASS backscatter measurements. |
| File Size | 1185576 |
| Page Count | 18 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19840019201 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5cc5v30z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Scatterometers Viscosity Backscattering Seasat Satellites Interfacial Tension Air Water Interactions Wind Velocity Surface Temperature Polarization Waves Parameterization Sea Truth Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
