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TI Effect of long waves on Ku-band ocean radar backscatter at low incidence angles using TRMM and altimeter data
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AF TRAN, Ngan
   CHAPRON, Bertrand
   VANDEMARK, D
AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;
FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LOS;3:;
C1 Collecte Localisat Satellites, Space Oceanog Div, F-31520 St Agne, France.
   IFREMER, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   Univ New Hampshire, Ocean Proc Analy Lab, Durham, NH 03824 USA.
C2 CLS, FRANCE
   IFREMER, FRANCE
   UNIV NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA
SI BREST
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-OPS-LOS
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-int-hors-europe
IF 1.14
TC 47
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2007/publication-3299.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Space borne radar;Scattering;Radar cross section;Altimetry
AB This letter uses a large ocean satellite data set to document relationships between Ku-band radar backscatter (sigma-0) of the sea surface, near-surface wind speed (U), and ocean wave height (SWH). The observations come from satellite crossovers of the Tropical Rainfall Mapping Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) and two satellite altimeters, namely: 1) Jason-1 and 2) ENVISAT. At these nodes, we obtain TRMM clear-air normalized radar cross-section data along with coincident altimeter-derived significant wave height. Wind speed estimates come from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast. TRMM PR is the first satellite to measure low incidence Ku-band ocean backscatter at a continuum of incidence angles from 0 degrees to 18 degrees. This letter utilizes these global ocean data to assess hypotheses developed in past theoretical and field studies.
PY 2007
PD OCT
SO IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
SN 1545-598X
PU IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society
VL 4
IS 4
UT 000250389900009
BP 542
EP 546
DI 10.1109/LGRS.2007.896329
ID 3299
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