Variations in Antarctic Peninsula snow liquid water during 1999–2017 revealed by merging radiometer, scatterometer and model estimations
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111219
Abstract: Abstract The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) has recorded one of the strongest warming rates on the Earth since the 1950s, which, however, turned into a cooling trend since 1999. Snow liquid water emerges in the snowpacks… read more here.
Keywords: snow liquid; water; liquid water; antarctic peninsula ... See more keywords
Evaluation of Chinese Scatterometer Ocean Surface Wind Data: Preliminary Analysis
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DOI: 10.1029/2020ea001482
Abstract: Three scatterometers have been launched in China including Haiyang‐2A scatterometer (HY‐2A/SCAT), Haiyang‐2B scatterometer (HY‐2B/SCAT), and China French Oceanography Satellite scatterometer (CFOSCAT). Both of HY‐2A/SCAT and HY‐2B/SCAT are rotating pencil‐beam scatterometers while CFOSCAT is the first… read more here.
Keywords: scat; evaluation chinese; wind; chinese scatterometer ... See more keywords
The Potential for Estimating Snow Density Using SCATSAT-1 Scatterometer
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DOI: 10.1109/lgrs.2020.3004586
Abstract: Ku-band Scatterometers are best used for mapping snowmelt/freeze as normalized backscatter is sensitive to the water content of the snow. In this study, the potential of Ku-band scatterometer SCATSAT-1 at 13.515 GHz is explored with… read more here.
Keywords: snow density; estimating snow; potential estimating; scatterometer ... See more keywords
Ocean Surface Current Inversion Method for a Doppler Scatterometer
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2017.2728824
Abstract: The ocean surface current is a very important parameter of ocean dynamic environment. It is connected to global climate change, marine environment forecasting, marine navigation, engineering security, and so on. The observation and prediction of… read more here.
Keywords: ocean surface; surface; doppler; method ... See more keywords
A Perspective on the Performance of the CFOSAT Rotating Fan-Beam Scatterometer
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2018.2858852
Abstract: The China-France Oceanography Satellite (CFOSAT) to be launched in October 2018 will carry two innovative payloads, i.e., the surface wave investigation and monitoring instrument and the rotating fan-beam scatterometer [CFOSAT scatterometer (CFOSCAT)]. Both instruments, operated… read more here.
Keywords: beam scatterometer; scatterometer; fan beam; rotating fan ... See more keywords
Sea Surface Wind Retrieval Using the Combined Scatterometer and Altimeter Backscatter Measurements of the HY-2B Satellite
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2021.3065663
Abstract: Sea surface winds derived from the spaceborne rotating pencil-beam scatterometers, such as the current Chinese Haiyang-2 (HY-2) scatterometers and the Indian SCATSAT-1 scatterometer, are used in a wide range of atmospheric and oceanic applications. One… read more here.
Keywords: inversion; combined scatterometer; scatterometer; surface ... See more keywords
A Conceptual Rain Effect Model for Ku-Band Scatterometers
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DOI: 10.1109/tgrs.2023.3264246
Abstract: Satellite scatterometer wind retrieval is affected by rain. Both the precipitating clouds in the atmosphere and the sea surface rain effects can enhance or reduce the backscatter signal. Ku-band scatterometer retrievals suffer more rain effects… read more here.
Keywords: band; scatterometer; rain effects; rain ... See more keywords