Ocean winds from RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing
- Vol. 28 (3) , 524-533
- https://doi.org/10.5589/m02-043
Abstract
This paper discusses an algorithm designed to retrieve high-resolution wind fields from scanning synthetic aperture radar (ScanSAR) data acquired on board the Canadian satellite RADARSAT-1. The ScanSAR operates at C-band with horizontal polarization. The wind directions are extracted from wind-induced streaks, e.g., from atmospheric boundary layer rolls or wind shadowing, which are approximately in line with the mean wind direction near the ocean surface. The wind speeds are derived from the normalized radar cross section (NRCS) and image geometry of the calibrated ScanSAR images, together with the local wind direction retrieved from the image. Therefore the semi-empirical C-band model CMOD4, which describes the dependency of the NRCS on wind and image geometry, is used. The CMOD4 was originally developed for the scatterometer of the European remote sensing satellites ERS-l and ERS-2 operating at C-band with vertical polarization. Consequently, the CMOD4 required modification for horizontal polarization, ... Dans cet article, on discute d'un algorithme conçu pour extraire les champs de vent à haute résolution à partir des données du capteur ScanSAR (scanning synthetic aperture radar) acquises à bord du satellite RADARSAT-1 opèrant en bande C et en polarisation horizontale. Les directions de vent sont extraites des stries induites par le vent, i.e., à partir des rouleaux à la couche limite de l'atmosphère ou d'ombres de vent qui s'alignent approximativement suivant la direction moyenne du vent près de la surface océanique. Les vitesses de vent sont dérivées de la section équivalente radar normalisée (SERN) et de la géométrie des images ScanSAR étalonnées, en plus de la vitesse de vent locale dérivée de l'image. Ainsi, on utilise le modèle semi-empirique CMOD4 en bande C, qui donne une description de la dépendance de la SERN par rapport au vent et à la géométrie de l'image. Le modèle CMOD4 a été développé au départ pour le scattéromètre des satellites européens ERS-1 et ERS-2 opérant en bande C avec polarisatio...Keywords
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