Highlights of the SEASAT-SASS program - A review
Abstract
Some important concepts of the SEASAT-SASS program are described and some of the decisions made during the program as to methods for relating wind to backscatter are discussed. The radar scatterometer design is analyzed along with the model function, which is an empirical relationship between the backscatter value and the wind speed, wind direction, and incidence angle of the radar beam with the sea surface. The results of Monte Carlo studies of mesoscale turbulence and of studies of wind stress on the sea surface involving SASS are reviewed.
- Publication:
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Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983smrs.book...69P
- Keywords:
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- Marine Meteorology;
- Radar Scattering;
- Satellite-Borne Radar;
- Scatterometers;
- Seasat 1;
- Wind Measurement;
- Backscattering;
- Mesometeorology;
- Wind Direction;
- Wind Velocity Measurement;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation