Comparison of X-band radar backscatter measurements with area extended wave slope measurements made in a large wind wave tank
conference paper
Combined measurements of microwave backscatter, wind, waves, and gas exchange have been carried out in the large Delft Hydraulics wind/wave tank. This experiment was the first of a series of experiments in the VIERS-1 project. In this project, a number of Dutch and one German laboratory cooperate to come to a physical description of the process involved in wind scatterometry and, from that point, to an improvement of the algorithms used for determination of wind speed and direction from satellite-borne microwave scatterometers. A second objective is to study the relation between the gas exchange at the water surface and the microwave backscatter. Two wind/wave tank experiments and the ocean-based platform experiment are scheduled. The VIERS-1 program is outlined. The Delft wind/wave tank experiment is described, and some first results of a comparison of backscatter and wave slope measurements are shown.
TNO Identifier
94305
Publisher
IEEE
Source title
IGARSS '89 - 12th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing - Quantitative Remote Sensing: An Economic Tool for the Nineties, Vancouver, Canada, July 10-14, 1989
Place of publication
Piscataway, NJ
Pages
2997-3000
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