Wind speed retrieval from RADARSAT-2 quad-polarization images using a new polarization ratio model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Biao ^a   Perrie, Will ^a   He, Yijun ^b  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; RADAR CROSS SECTION; RADAR MEASUREMENT; SPEED;

ACQUISITION MODES; ADDITIONAL DEPENDENCES; ANALYTICAL MODEL; AZIMUTH ANGLES; BUOY MEASUREMENTS; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; HYBRID MODEL; INCIDENCE ANGLES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORMALIZED RADAR CROSS SECTION; POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE; POLARIZATION RATIOS; RADARSAT-2; RADARSAT-2 IMAGES; SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT; STANDARD DEVIATION; WAVE STEEPNESS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

WIND EFFECTS;

AZIMUTH; CORRELATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEARITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; RADARSAT; SATELLITE DATA; THEORETICAL STUDY; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 80051677832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006522     Document Type: Article

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