✦ LIBER ✦
Wind direction azimuthal signature in the Stokes emission vector from the ocean surface at microwave frequencies
✍ Scribed by A. J. Camps; S. C. Reising
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 412 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0895-2477
- DOI
- 10.1002/mop.1198
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Abstract
An ocean polarimetric emission model is presented. It is found that skewness and upwind/cross‐wind rms slopes are responsible for the first and second azimuthal harmonic, respectively. Atmospheric effects contribute significantly at low wind speeds, and at horizontal polarization at certain observation angles. Simulation results compare favorably with reported JPL–WINDRAD measurements. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 29: 426–432, 2001.