Characterization of errors in vector wind retrievals from satellite-based polarimetric microwave radiometer measurements

被引:2
作者
Laws, KE [1 ]
Lyzenga, DR
Wiberg, DM
Vesecky, JF
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 USA
[2] Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
基金
美国海洋和大气管理局;
关键词
error analysis; microwave radiometry; satellites; sea surface; wind;
D O I
10.1109/LGRS.2005.856711
中图分类号
P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];
学科分类号
0708 ; 070902 ;
摘要
We present a method for evaluating characteristics of wind vector retrieval errors from polarimetric radiometer measurements. We focus on wind direction errors due to ambiguous solutions.
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页码:45 / 48
页数:4
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