On a satellite scatterometer as an anemometer

Details On a satellite scatterometer as an anemometer On a satellite scatterometer as an anemometer

Feb 1983

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1983jgr....88.1663b&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 88, Feb. 28, 1983, p. 1663-1673.

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Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Ocean Surface, Scatterometers, Seasat 1, Wind Measurement, Algorithms, Flow Distribution, Planetary Boundary Layer, Pressure Distribution, Satellite-Borne Instruments, Temperature Distribution, Wind Velocity

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The Seasat-A satellite scatterometer (SASS) wind-algorithm was tested against surface wind fields. Three classes of surface wind fields were used; point measurements, an isotach field over an intensively measured triangle with 200 km sides, and synoptic scale winds determined from pressure and temperature fields and a planetary boundary layer model. These comparisons can verify optimal capabilities of SASS at accuracies of + or - 2 m/s and + or - 20 deg. SASS ability to locate fronts accurately is also established. Complications in nonsteady, highly variable fields indicate problems exist in unqualified application of the SASS algorithm to all conditions.

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