Title
Comparison of X-band radar backscatter measurements with area extended wave slope measurements made in a large wind wave tank
Author
van Halsema, D.
Jaehne, B.
Oost, W.A.
Calkoen, C.J.
Snoeij, P.
Fysisch en Elektronisch Laboratorium TNO
Publication year
1989
Abstract
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.
Subject
Radar
Microwaves
Backscattering
Wind waves
X-band
Radar
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TNO identifier
94305
Publisher
IEEE, Piscataway, NJ
Source
IGARSS '89 - 12th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing - Quantitative Remote Sensing: An Economic Tool for the Nineties, Vancouver, Canada, July 10-14, 1989, 2997-3000
Document type
conference paper