Remotely sensed winds and wind stresses for marine forecasting and ocean modeling

MA Bourassa, T Meissner, I Cerovecki… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Strengths and weakness of remotely sensed winds are discussed, along with the current
capabilities for remotely sensing winds and stress. Future missions are briefly mentioned …

An improved C‐band scatterometer ocean geophysical model function: CMOD5

H Hersbach, AD Stoffelen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper CMOD5, a new C‐band geophysical model function (GMF), is derived on the
basis of measurements from the scatterometer on board of the European Remote Sensing …

[HTML][HTML] An overview on SAR measurements of sea surface wind

H Lin, Q Xu, Q Zheng - Progress in Natural Science, 2008 - Elsevier
Studies show that synthetic aperture radar (SAR) has the capability of providing high-
resolution (sub-kilometer) sea surface wind fields. This is very useful for applications where …

[HTML][HTML] Cross-polarized synthetic aperture radar: A new potential measurement technique for hurricanes

B Zhang, W Perrie - Bulletin of the American Meteorological …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
We present an empirical C-band Cross-Polarization Ocean (C-2PO) model for wind
retrievals from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data collected by the RADARSAT-2 satellite …

Copolarized and cross‐polarized SAR measurements for high‐resolution description of major hurricane wind structures: Application to Irma category 5 hurricane

A Mouche, B Chapron, J Knaff, Y Zhao… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
C‐band high‐resolution radar (synthetic aperture radar [SAR]) is the only spaceborne
instrument able to probe at very high resolution and over all ocean basins the sea surface …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of typhoons on the ocean in the Pacific

EA D'Asaro, PG Black, LR Centurioni… - Bulletin of the …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Chen, SS, JF Price, W. Zhao, MA Donelan, and EJ Walsh, 2007: The CBLAST-hurricane
program and the next-generation fully coupled atmosphere–wave–ocean models for …

[HTML][HTML] Tropical cyclone morphology from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar

X Li, JA Zhang, X Yang, WG Pichel… - Bulletin of the …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tropical Cyclone Morphology from Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar in: Bulletin of the
American Meteorological Society Volume 94 Issue 2 (2013) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

A C-band geophysical model function for determining coastal wind speed using synthetic aperture radar

Y Lu, B Zhang, W Perrie, AA Mouche… - IEEE Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new geophysical model function (GMF), called C_SARMOD2, has been developed to
relate high-resolution C-band normalized radar cross section (NRCS), acquired in VV …

High-resolution hurricane vector winds from C-band dual-polarization SAR observations

B Zhang, W Perrie, JA Zhang… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
This study presents a new approach for retrieving hurricane surface wind vectors utilizing C-
band dual-polarization (VV, VH) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observations. The …

Wind resource assessment from C-band SAR

MB Christiansen, W Koch, J Horstmann… - Remote Sensing of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Using accurate inputs of wind speed is crucial in wind resource assessment, as predicted
power is proportional to the wind speed cubed. First, wind speeds retrieved from a series of …