Dependency of the Sentinel-1 azimuth wavelength cut-off on significant wave height and wind speed

G Grieco, W Lin, M Migliaccio, F Nirchio… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Sea wind and sea state estimation by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) measurements is a
topic of relevance both on the scientific and user side. The new European Space Agency …

A novel azimuth cutoff implementation to retrieve sea surface wind speed from SAR imagery

V Corcione, G Grieco, M Portabella… - … on Geoscience and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) azimuth cutoff method is thoroughly revised
and a new and general implementation is proposed. The key roles of the pixel spacing, the …

ERAstar: A high-resolution ocean forcing product

A Trindade, M Portabella, A Stoffelen… - … on Geoscience and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To address the growing demand for accurate high-resolution ocean wind forcing from the
ocean modeling community, we develop a new forcing product, ERA*, by means of a …

SAR speckle dependence on ocean surface wind field

M Migliaccio, L Huang, A Buono - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel physical paradigm is explored in this paper: synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) ocean
speckle is informative. This paper experimentally analyzes the SAR ocean speckle intensity …

Evaluation of Chinese scatterometer ocean surface wind data: Preliminary analysis

K Zhao, C Zhao, G Chen - Earth and Space Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Three scatterometers have been launched in China including Haiyang‐2A scatterometer
(HY‐2A/SCAT), Haiyang‐2B scatterometer (HY‐2B/SCAT), and China French …

A preliminary analysis of wind retrieval, based on GF-3 wave mode data

L Wang, B Han, X Yuan, B Lei, C Ding, Y Yao, Q Chen - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an analysis of measurements of the normalized radar cross-(NRCS) in
Wave Mode for Chinese C-band Gaofen-3 (GF-3) synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Based on …

On the Use of Azimuth Cutoff for Sea Surface Wind Speed Retrieval From SAR

Y Zhu, G Grieco, J Lin, M Portabella… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The accurate retrieval of sea-surface wind field data is crucial for weather forecasting and
climate modeling. Despite this, the complexity of sea surface conditions poses significant …

RapidScat cross-calibration using the double difference technique

J Zec, WL Jones, R Alsabah, A Al-Sabbagh - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
RapidScat is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ku-Band
scatterometer that was operated onboard the International Space Station between …

Evaluation of Sea Surface Wind Products from Scatterometer Onboard the Chinese HY-2D Satellite

S Yang, L Zhang, M Lin, J Zou, B Mu, H Peng - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Chinese new marine dynamic environment satellite HY-2D was launched on 19 May
2021, carrying a Ku-band scatterometer (named HSCAT-D). In this study, wind products …

Accuracy assessment of HY-2A scatterometer wind measurements during 2011–2017 by comparison with buoys, ASCAT, and ERA-interim data

J Yang, J Zhang - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Chinese satellite HY-2A, carrying a Ku-band scatterometer (HSCAT), was launched in
August 2011. This letter validates wind vectors retrieved by the HSCAT during October 2011 …