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Tracking Analysis of Hurricane Gonzalo Using Airborne Microwave Radiometer
2016
International Journal of Microwave Engineering
In passive microwave remote sensing from space at C band has the penetrating advantages of atmosphere. ...
There is a huge consideration in the use of microwave airborne radiometry for remote sensing instead of satellite, the important role of airborne way is how to provide high accuracy real time data. ...
This project is an airborne passive microwave synthetic aperture radiometer designed to provide wide swath images of ocean surface wind speed under heavy precipitation. ...
doi:10.5121/jmicro.2016.1203
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Geophysical Model Function for the AMSR2 C-Band Wind Excess Emissivity at High Winds
2016
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Estimated oceanic TBs were regressed against the wind speeds from the Best Track Archive to derive the new geophysical model function (GMF) for the wind speed excess emissivity at AMSR2 C-band microwave ...
Measurements of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) onboard GCOM-W1 satellite at 6.925 and 7.3 GHz and both linear polarizations over tropical cyclones (TCs) during 2012 -2014 are used ...
ACKNOWLEGEMENTS This research was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Project through the Project RFMEFI61014X0006, agreement #14.610.21.0006 and by the ESA Support ...
doi:10.1109/lgrs.2015.2497463
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The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer: Present and future
2013
2013 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS
The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) is an airborne passive microwave radiometer designed to provide high resolution, wide swath imagery of surface wind speed in tropical cyclones from a low profile ...
Index Terms-HIRAD, hurricane wind speed, imaging radiometer. ...
INTRODUCTION The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) is an airborne passive microwave synthetic aperture radiometer designed to provide wide swath images of ocean surface wind speed under heavy precipitation ...
doi:10.1109/igarss.2013.6723174
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On Extreme Winds at L-Band with the SMAP Synthetic Aperture Radar
2019
Remote Sensing
We find that the L-band cross-polarized backscatter is far more sensitive to wind speed at extreme winds than the co-polarized backscatter and it is essential to observations of extreme winds with L-band ...
In this letter, we discuss some observations of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission's high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) for extreme winds and tropical cyclones. ...
L-Band Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface L-band active/passive remote sensing of the ocean has been proven to be a reliable means for retrieval of sea surface salinity, ocean wind speed, and ocean wind direction ...
doi:10.3390/rs11091093
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New possibilities for geophysical parameter retrievals opened by GCOM-W1 AMSR2
2014
2014 13th Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment (MicroRad)
As also compared, very high consistency between AMSR2 and L-band SMOS wind speed estimates are obtained, especially for the super typhoon Haiyan, to prove the high potential of AMSR2 measurements in TCs ...
A new approach to retrieve sea surface wind speed (SWS) in tropical cyclones (TCs) from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) data is presented. ...
Remotely sensed measurements from passive and active microwave instruments ensure global wind mapping capabilities. ...
doi:10.1109/microrad.2014.6878931
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New Possibilities for Geophysical Parameter Retrievals Opened by GCOM-W1 AMSR2
2015
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
As also compared, very high consistency between AMSR2 and L-band SMOS wind speed estimates are obtained, especially for the super typhoon Haiyan, to prove the high potential of AMSR2 measurements in TCs ...
A new approach to retrieve sea surface wind speed (SWS) in tropical cyclones (TCs) from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) data is presented. ...
Remotely sensed measurements from passive and active microwave instruments ensure global wind mapping capabilities. ...
doi:10.1109/jstars.2015.2416514
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SMOS satellite L-band radiometer: A new capability for ocean surface remote sensing in hurricanes
2012
Journal of Geophysical Research
We find the L-band ocean emissivity dependence with wind speed appears less sensitive to roughness and foam changes than at the higher C-band microwave frequencies. ...
Without correcting for rain effects, L-band wind-induced ocean surface brightness temperatures (T B ) were co-located and compared to H*Wind analysis. ...
In particular we acknowledge Brad Klotz (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami) and Eric Uhlhorn from NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division for providing us with some of the data sets ...
doi:10.1029/2011jc007474
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Remotely Sensed Winds and Wind Stresses for Marine Forecasting and Ocean Modeling
2019
Frontiers in Marine Science
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. ...
The observational needs for a wide range of wind and stress applications are provided. These needs strongly support a short list of desired capabilities of future missions and constellations. ...
Both the European Space Agency Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) and the NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L-band radiometers are able to provide useful estimates of extreme ocean wind speeds ...
doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00443
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Passive active L- and S-band (PALS) microwave sensor for ocean salinity and soil moisture measurements
2001
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
A passive/active L/S-band (PALS) microwave aircraft instrument to measure ocean salinity and soil moisture has been built and tested. ...
Because the L-band brightness temperatures associated with salinity changes are expected to be small, it was necessary to build a very sensitive and stable system. ...
Howden and the crew of the Cape Hatteras for their help during the salinity missions. They also thank R. Hoferer of UCLA for his assistance in computing the horn patterns. ...
doi:10.1109/36.921422
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2012
Journal of Oceanography
wind field provided by RADARSAT-1 SAR, particularly inside and in the vicinity of hurricane "eyes," and the presence of secondary flows in the region between rainbands in TCs. ...
This article reviews several microwave instruments employed in research and analysis of tropical cyclones (TCs), typhoons, and hurricanes. ...
The research of Timothy Liu was performed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA. ...
doi:10.1023/a:1015884903180
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Dual-polarized Ku-band backscatter signatures of hurricane ocean winds
2000
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
The Ku-band dual-polarized backscatter signatures of ocean surfaces are described in this article with the airborne scatterometer measurements collected in the Hurricane ocean Wind Experiment in September ...
The data collected from flights over Hurricane Erika provide a direct evidence that there are wind direction signals in the vertically and horizontally polarized Ku-band backscatter of ocean surfaces under ...
small scale roughness is a function of h2(Sz) = remote sensing datasets. ...
doi:10.1109/36.823903
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Impact on Sea-Surface Electromagnetic Scattering and Emission Modeling of Recent Progress on the Parameterization of Ocean Surface Roughness, Drag Coefficient and Whitecap Coverage in High Wind Conditions
2020
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
This article describes the improvement of ocean surface properties achieved by incorporating microwave remote sensing measurements. ...
Because roughness and whitecaps are two major components of the ocean surface response in microwave remote sensing, a clear understanding of the drag coefficient, ocean surface roughness, and whitecap ...
In particular, ocean surface roughness and whitecap coverage are two main contributors to the received signals in microwave wind sensing. ...
doi:10.1109/jstars.2020.2977420
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A New Generation of Tropical Cyclone Size Measurements from Space
2017
Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS)
The measurement of ocean surface wind speeds during precipitation events has been a long-standing problem for satellite passive microwave radiometers. ...
Multisensor wind field structure sensing over Hurricanes Jimena, Ignacio, and Kilo. The 2015 Pacific hurricane season was the second most active Pacific hurricane season on record. ...
AMS announces the launch of our new online directory of Weather and Climate Service Providers.
NEW! ...
doi:10.1175/bams-d-15-00291.1
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Challenges to Satellite Sensors of Ocean Winds: Addressing Precipitation Effects
2012
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Measurements of global ocean surface winds made by orbiting satellite radars have provided valuable information to the oceanographic and meteorological communities since the launch of the Seasat in 1978 ...
When Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) was launched in 1999, it ushered in a new era of dual-polarized, pencil-beam, higher-resolution scatterometers for measuring the global ocean surface winds from space ...
Much of the work reported here was supported by the Physical Oceanography Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through grants to Brigham Young University, Remote Sensing ...
doi:10.1175/jtech-d-11-00054.1
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Water makes its mark on GPS signals
2022
Physics today
extent, sea-ice concentration, and ocean-surface winds. ...
Although GPS satellites were first launched in the late 1970s, their use as a remote-sensing tool was not explored until the mid 1990s. ...
3 Since its launch, CYGNSS data have been successfully used to map winds during numerous hurricanes, including Harvey and Irma. ...
doi:10.1063/pt.3.4941
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