The Application of the Nimbus 5 ESMR to Sea Surface Wind Determination.

Abstract

The study explores the relationship between the brightness temperatures (T sub B) measured by the Nimbus 5 Electrically Scanning Radiometer (ESMR) and sea surface winds. A relationship between wind and sea surface emissivity is empirically derived from analyses of wind and (T sub B) in the Mistral area of the Mediterranean Sea. As a result of solving the microwave radiation transfer equation for many model atmospheres and surface conditions, the effects of sea surface temperature, emissivity, and atmospheric water are combined into a simple equation which predicts sea surface winds from ESMR T sub B's. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1974
Accession Number
AD0783547

Entities

People

  • Romeo R. Sabatini

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheres
  • Brightness
  • Emissivity
  • Equations
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Microwaves
  • Physical Properties
  • Radiation
  • Radiometers
  • Scanning
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Spectroscopy.