An introductory review of the measurement of ocean surface wind vectors with a satellite radar scatterometer

References

• Allan , T. D. , 1983 , Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing ( Chichester: Ellis Horwood ) .
   Google Scholar
• Baker , W. E. , Atlas , R. , Kalnay , E. , Halem , M. , Woiceshyn , P. M. , Peteherych , S. , and EDELMANN , D. , 1984 , Large-scale analysis and forecast experiments with wind data from the Seasat-A scatterometer . J. geophys. Res. , 89 , 4927 .
   Google Scholar
• Barrick , D. E. , and Swift , C. T. , 1980 , The Seasat microwave instruments in historical perspective . I.E.E.E. Jl Oceanic Engng , 5 , 74 .
   Google Scholar
• Bracalente , E. M , Boggs , D. H. , Grantham , W. L. , and Sweet , J. L. , 1980 , The SASS scattering coefficient σ° algorithm , I.E.E.E. Jl Oceanic Engng , 5 , 145 .
   Google Scholar
• Businger , J. A. , and Charnock , H. , 1983 , Boundary layer structure in relation to larger-scaleflow: some remarks on the JASIN observations , Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 308 , 445 .
   Google Scholar
• Cane , M. A. , and Cardone , V. J. , 1981 , The potential impact of scatterometry on oceanography: a wave forecasting case . In Oceanography from Space , edited by J. F. R. Gower ( New York : Plenum ), p. 587 .
   Google Scholar
• Cane , M. A. , Cardone , V. J. , Halem , M. , and Halberstam , I. , 1981 , On the sensitivity ofnumerical weather prediction to remotely sensed marine surface wind data: a simulation study , J. geophys. Res. , 86 , 8093 .
   Google Scholar
• Cracknell , A. P. , 1981 , Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology ( Chichester : Ellis Horwood ).
   Google Scholar
• Cracknell , A. P ., 1983 , Remote Sensing Applications in Marine Science and Technology ( Dordrecht : Reidel ).
   Google Scholar
• Duchossois , G. , 1983 , Status and future plans for ERS-1 . In Satellite Microwave Remote Sensing , edited by T. D. Allan ( Chichester : Ellis Horwood (, pp. 501 .
   Google Scholar
• Duffy , D. , Atlas , R. , Rosmond , T. , Barker , E. , and Rosenberg , R. , 1984 , The impact of Seasat scatterometer winds on the Navy's operational model . J. geophys. Res. , 89 , 7238 .
   Google Scholar
• Gautier , C. , and Fieux , M. , 1984 , Large-scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites ( Dordrecht : Reidel ).
   Google Scholar
• Gent , P. R. , and Taylor , P. A. , 1976 , A numerical model of the airflow above water waves . J.Fluid Mech. , 77 , 105 .
   Google Scholar
• Gower , J. F. R. , 1981 , Oceanography from Space ( New York : Plenum ).
   Google Scholar
• Grantham , W. L. , Bracalente , E. M. , Britt , C. L. , Wentz , F. J. , Jones , W. L. , and Schroeder , L. C , 1982 , Performance evaluation of an operational spaceborne scatterometer . I.E.E.E. Trans Geosci, remote Sensing , 20 , 250 .
   Google Scholar
• Guymer , T. H. , 1983 , A review of Seasat scatterometer data . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 309 , 399 .
   Google Scholar
• Guymer , T. A. , Businger , J. A. , Jones , W. L. , and Stewart , R. H. , 1981 , Anomalous wind estimates from the Seasat scatterometer . Nature, Lond. , 294 , 735 .
   Google Scholar
• Guymer , T. H. , Businger , J. A. , Katsanos , K. B. , Shaw , W. J. , Taylor , P. K. , Large , W. G. ,and Payne , R. E. , 1983 , Transfer processes at the air-sea interface . Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A,308 , 253 .
   Google Scholar
• Hess , S. L. , 1959 , Introduction to Theoretical Metereology ( New York : Rinehart & Winston ).
   Google Scholar
• Holton , J. R. , 1972 , An Introduction to Dynamic Meteorology ( New York : Academic Press ).
   Google Scholar
• Houghton , J. T. , 1977 , The Physics of Atmospheres ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press ).
   Google Scholar
• Johnson , J. W. , Williams , L. A. , Bracalente , E. M. , Beck , F. B. ,and Grantham , W. L. , 1980 , Seasat-A satellite scatterometer instrument evaluation . I.E.E.E. Jl Oceanic Engng , 5 , 138 .
   Google Scholar
• Jones , W. L. , Wentz , F. J. , and Shroeder , L. C , 1978 , Algorithm for inferring wind stress fromSeasat-A . J. Spacecraft Rockets , 15 , 368 .
   Google Scholar
• Jones , W. L. , Wentz , F. J. , and Schroeder , L. C , 1981 , Microwave scatterometer measurements of oceanic wind vector . In Oceanography from Space , edited by J. F. R. Gower ( New York : Plenum ), p. 553 .
   Google Scholar
• Kinsman , B. , 1965 , Wind Waves—Their Generation and Propagation on the Ocean Surface ( Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey: Prentice-Hall ).
   Google Scholar
• McIntosh , D. H. , and Thom , A. S. , 1969 , Essentials of Meteorology ( London : Taylor & Francis Ltd. ).
   Google Scholar
• Miyakoda , K. , 1982 , Surface boundary forcings . In Physical Basis for Climate Research World Climate Research Programme—WCP47 ) ( Geneva: WMO ), pp. 51 – 78 .
   Google Scholar
• Moore , R. K. , and Fung , A. K. , 1979 , Radar determination of winds at sea . Proc. Inst. Elect.Electron, Eng. , 67 , 1504 .
   Google Scholar
• Offiler , D. , 1984 , A comparison of Seasat scatterometer-derived winds with JASIN surface winds . Int. J. remote Sensing , 5 , 365 .
   Google Scholar
• Pierson , W. J. , Sylvester , W. B. , and Salfi , R. E. , 1984 , Synoptic scale wind field properties from the Seasat SASS . NASA Contractor Report 3810 . NASA , Washington , D.C. , U.S.A.
   Google Scholar
• Robertson , Y. C , and Thomas , J. O. , 1983 , Recent progress and developments in the field of microwave interactions with the sea and land surfaces—wind scatterometry . Report prepared for the U.K. Department of Trade and Industry under contract No. E486/1975 ZF/263/08 . Available from: U.K. Dept of Trade and Industry, Space Dept, Bressenden Place , London , U.K.
   Google Scholar
• Seasat , 1982 , Seasat special issue 1. J. geophys. Res. , 87 , No. C5 .
   Google Scholar
• Seasat , 1983 , Seasat special issue 2. J. geophys. Res. , 88 , No. C3 .
   Google Scholar
• Shearman , E. D. R. , 1981 , Remote sensing of ocean waves, currents and surface winds by dekametric radar . In Remote Sensing in Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology , edited by A. P. Cracknell ( Chichester : Ellis Horwood ).
   Google Scholar
• Sherman , J. W. , 1984 , Geosat and N-Ross . Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment , Paris , 1 – 5 October 1984 .
   Google Scholar
• Wylie , D. P. , and Hinton , B. B. , 1984 , A summary of the wind data available from satellites from the past history to future sensors . In Large-scale Oceanographic Experiments and Satellites , edited by C. Gautier and M. Fieux ( Dordrecht : Reidel ), pp. 125 – 146 .
   Google Scholar