Evaluation of high-resolution ocean surface vector winds measured by QuikSCAT scatterometer in coastal regions

W Tang, WT Liu, BW Stiles - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The SeaWinds scatterometer onboard QuikSCAT covers approximately 90% of the global
ocean under clear and cloudy condition in 24 h, and the standard data product has 25-km …

Characterization of ASCAT measurements based on buoy and QuikSCAT wind vector observations

A Bentamy, D Croize-Fillon, C Perigaud - Ocean Science, 2008 - os.copernicus.org
The new scatterometer Advanced SCATterometer (ASCAT) onboard MetOp-A satellite
provides surface wind speed and direction over global ocean with a spatial resolution of 25 …

Coastal validation of ultra-high resolution wind vector retrieval from QuikSCAT in the Gulf of Maine

AM Plagge, DC Vandemark… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An experimental 2.5-km ultrahigh-resolution (UHR) wind product provided by NASA's
QuikSCAT scatterometer offers the potential for new access to coastal surface wind …

Comparison of ocean-surface winds retrieved from QuikSCAT scatterometer and Radarsat-1 SAR in offshore waters of the US west coast

X Yang, X Li, Q Zheng, X Gu… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we generate a temporal/spatial matchup data set between QuikSCAT
scatterometer and RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) wind products in offshore …

Land-contamination compensation for QuikSCAT near-coastal wind retrieval

MP Owen, DG Long - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The QuikSCAT scatterometer is used to accurately retrieve winds over the ocean at both
high (2.5 km) and low (25 km) resolutions. In near-coastal regions, land contamination of …

High-resolution ASCAT scatterometer winds near the coast

A Verhoef, M Portabella… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility delivers operational wind products from the …

[HTML][HTML] On the use of QuikSCAT scatterometer measurements of surface winds for marine weather prediction

DB Chelton, MH Freilich, JM Sienkiewicz… - Monthly weather …, 2006 - journals.ametsoc.org
On the Use of QuikSCAT Scatterometer Measurements of Surface Winds for Marine
Weather Prediction in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 134 Issue 8 (2006) Jump to …

High‐resolution ASCAT wind vector data set gridded by applying an optimum interpolation method to the global ocean

S Kako, A Isobe, M Kubota - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
A new global 0.25° longitude by 0.25° latitude gridded daily wind vector data set was
produced by applying an optimum interpolation method to Advanced Scatterometer …

A systematic comparison of QuikSCAT and SAR ocean surface wind speeds

FM Monaldo, DR Thompson, WG Pichel… - … on Geoscience and …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We performed a systematic comparison of wind speed measurements from the SeaWinds
QuikSCAT scatterometer and wind speeds computed from RADARSAT-1 synthetic aperture …

Towards a climate data record of satellite ocean vector winds

L Ricciardulli, T Meissner… - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Climate Data Record of ocean surface winds is very valuable for climate research, as
surface winds are key drivers of oceanic and atmospheric processes which regulate global …