Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone
In Winter 2017, the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (IWRAP) was flown on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft under the direction of scientists from Center for Satellite Applications and Research (...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:75251 2023-05-15T17:34:28+02:00 Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone Sapp, Joseph W. Mouche, Alexis Jelenak, Zorana Chang, Paul S. Frasier, Stephen J. 2020-07 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75251/75648.pdf https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.2966332 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75251/ eng eng Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75251/75648.pdf doi:10.1109/TGRS.2020.2966332 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00640/75251/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Ieee Transactions On Geoscience And Remote Sensing (0196-2892) (Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc), 2020-07 , Vol. 58 , N. 7 , P. 4721-4729 Satellites Aircraft Spaceborne radar Synthetic aperture radar Sea measurements Wind speed C-band cross polarization normalized radar cross section (NRCS) ocean winds scatterometry text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.2966332 2021-09-23T20:35:32Z In Winter 2017, the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (IWRAP) was flown on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft under the direction of scientists from Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) at NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) over the North Atlantic ocean out of Shannon, Ireland. IWRAP is a dual-frequency, conically scanning, profiling Doppler radar initially developed by Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that is routinely installed on the NOAA WP-3D research aircraft. The flight on February 6, 2017, targeted a region of high winds (greater than 30 m/s) that was also observed by the Sentinel-1B satellite's synthetic aperture radar. Sentinel-1B was configured to observe in extended wide swath mode in both VV- and VH-polarizations, whereas the IWRAP C-band radar was configured to measure all of VV-, VH-, and HH-polarizations. IWRAP and Sentinel-1B VV and VH normalized radar cross section (NRCS) at the same Earthincidence angle along the flight path match reasonably well during the entire flight, but some additional trends between aircraft and satellite can be observed. IWRAP VV-polarized NRCS generally match the CMOD5.h geophysical model function (GMF), suggesting errors in the Sentinel-1B processing chain. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) The Sentinel ENVELOPE(73.317,73.317,-52.983,-52.983) IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 58 7 4721 4729 |
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Satellites Aircraft Spaceborne radar Synthetic aperture radar Sea measurements Wind speed C-band cross polarization normalized radar cross section (NRCS) ocean winds scatterometry |
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Satellites Aircraft Spaceborne radar Synthetic aperture radar Sea measurements Wind speed C-band cross polarization normalized radar cross section (NRCS) ocean winds scatterometry Sapp, Joseph W. Mouche, Alexis Jelenak, Zorana Chang, Paul S. Frasier, Stephen J. Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone |
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In Winter 2017, the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (IWRAP) was flown on a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) WP-3D Hurricane Hunter aircraft under the direction of scientists from Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) at NOAA/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) over the North Atlantic ocean out of Shannon, Ireland. IWRAP is a dual-frequency, conically scanning, profiling Doppler radar initially developed by Microwave Remote Sensing Laboratory (MIRSL) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst that is routinely installed on the NOAA WP-3D research aircraft. The flight on February 6, 2017, targeted a region of high winds (greater than 30 m/s) that was also observed by the Sentinel-1B satellite's synthetic aperture radar. Sentinel-1B was configured to observe in extended wide swath mode in both VV- and VH-polarizations, whereas the IWRAP C-band radar was configured to measure all of VV-, VH-, and HH-polarizations. IWRAP and Sentinel-1B VV and VH normalized radar cross section (NRCS) at the same Earthincidence angle along the flight path match reasonably well during the entire flight, but some additional trends between aircraft and satellite can be observed. IWRAP VV-polarized NRCS generally match the CMOD5.h geophysical model function (GMF), suggesting errors in the Sentinel-1B processing chain. |
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Sapp, Joseph W. Mouche, Alexis Jelenak, Zorana Chang, Paul S. Frasier, Stephen J. |
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Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone |
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Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone |
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Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone |
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Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone |
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Comparison of the Sentinel-1B Synthetic Aperture Radar With Airborne Microwave Sensors in an Extra-Tropical Cyclone |
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comparison of the sentinel-1b synthetic aperture radar with airborne microwave sensors in an extra-tropical cyclone |
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