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 …

Quad-polarimetric SAR sea state retrieval algorithm from Chinese Gaofen-3 wave mode imagettes via deep learning

H Wang, J Yang, M Lin, W Li, J Zhu, L Ren… - Remote Sensing of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a powerful tool for monitoring sea states in terms of the
significant wave height (SWH). Regarding the specific wave mode, to date, the previous …

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] Extensive high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data analysis of tropical cyclones: Comparisons with SFMR flights and best track

C Combot, A Mouche, J Knaff, Y Zhao… - Monthly Weather …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Extensive High-Resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Data Analysis of Tropical
Cyclones: Comparisons with SFMR Flights and Best Track in: Monthly Weather Review …

[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 …

Cross‐polarization geophysical model function for C‐band radar backscattering from the ocean surface and wind speed retrieval

PA Hwang, A Stoffelen, GJ van Zadelhoff… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The wind speed sensitivity of cross‐polarization (cross‐pol) radar backscattering cross
section (VH) from the ocean surface increases toward high winds. The signal saturation …

A revised L-band radio-brightness sensitivity to extreme winds under tropical cyclones: The five year SMOS-storm database

N Reul, B Chapron, E Zabolotskikh, C Donlon… - Remote Sensing of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Five years of SMOS L-band brightness temperature data intercepting a large number of
tropical cyclones (TCs) are analyzed. The storm-induced half-power radio-brightness …

Extreme wind speeds retrieval using Sentinel-1 IW mode SAR data

Y Gao, J Sun, J Zhang, C Guan - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
With the improvement in microwave radar technology, spaceborne synthetic aperture radar
(SAR) is widely used to observe the tropical cyclone (TC) wind field. Based on European …

Fetch-and duration-limited nature of surface wave growth inside tropical cyclones: With applications to air–sea exchange and remote sensing

PA Hwang - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
The 2D wavenumber spectra collected by an airborne scanning radar altimeter in hurricane
hunter missions are used to investigate the fetch-and duration-limited nature of wave growth …

Retrieving hurricane wind speeds using cross-polarization C-band measurements

GJ Van Zadelhoff, A Stoffelen… - Atmospheric …, 2014 - amt.copernicus.org
Hurricane-force wind speeds can have a large societal impact and in this paper microwave
C-band cross-polarized (VH) signals are investigated to assess if they can be used to derive …