Wind Direction Estimates from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery of the Sea Surface

Abstract

We seek to investigate the range of near-surface mean wind directions with respect to the orientation of common marine atmospheric boundary layer (MABL) quasi-two dimensional phenomena seen in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery. We seek to investigate and correct for the impact of position errors in numerical model synoptic scale cyclones, anticyclones, fronts, and cold regions on the wind direction-dependent retrieval of wind speed from SAR.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2005
Accession Number
ADA572875

Entities

People

  • Todd D. Sikora

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • C Band
  • Cold Fronts
  • Errors
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gravity Waves
  • High Resolution
  • Layers
  • Oceans
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radar
  • Regions
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Two Dimensional
  • Wind
  • Wind Direction

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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