Effect of long waves on Ku-band ocean radar backscatter at low incidence angles using TRMM and altimeter data
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| Date | 2007-10 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Tran Ngan1, Chapron Bertrand2, Vandemark D3 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Collecte Localisat Satellites, Space Oceanog Div, F-31520 St Agne, France. 2 : IFREMER, Ctr Brest, F-29280 Plouzane, France. 3 : Univ New Hampshire, Ocean Proc Analy Lab, Durham, NH 03824 USA. |
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| Source | IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (1545-598X) (IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society), 2007-10 , Vol. 4 , N. 4 , P. 542-546 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1109/LGRS.2007.896329 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 47 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Space borne radar, Scattering, Radar cross section, Altimetry | ||||||||
| Abstract | 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. | ||||||||
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