Spatial correlation of marine wind‐speed observations
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- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Atmosphere-Ocean
- Vol. 26 (4) , 524-540
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.1988.9649316
Abstract
The spatial characteristics of the wind speeds from ships, drilling platforms, and satellites (SASS and SMMR) were investigated through autocorrelation analysis. Values of the spatial correlation coefficient in minimum separation classes revealed that SASS winds contained the least noise, followed by drilling‐platform and SMMR winds, measured ship winds and estimated ship winds. The variances explained by wind‐speed observations within a 100‐km radius of each other were found to be 86, 72, 62, 48 and 41%, respectively. Ship wind‐speed estimates made during hours of darkness showed significantly higher noise than daytime reports.Keywords
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