Comparison of Synthetic Aperture Radar–Derived Wind Speeds with Buoy Wind Speeds along the Mountainous Alaskan Coast

• Published in: Journal of applied meteorology and climatology Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 1365 - 1376
• Main Authors: Fisher, C. M., Young, G. S., Winstead, N. S., Haqq-Misra, J. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA American Meteorological Society 01.05.2008
• Subjects: Accuracy; Algorithms; Buoys; Coastal environments; Coasts; Earth, ocean, space; Estimates; Exact sciences and technology; External geophysics; Geophysics. Techniques, methods, instrumentation and models; Meteorology; Modeling; Mountains; Navies; Oceans; Radar; Scatterometers; Wind direction; Wind speed; Wind velocity; Winds and their effects; Pacific Ocean; Northeast Pacific; North American Pacific; Gulf of Alaska; North Pacific; INE, USA, Alaska, Alaska Gulf; Buoy; mountains; Space remote sensing; Speed measurement; Wind velocity; Environmental factor; Satellite observation; Measuring instrument; Radar remote sensing; coastal zone; algorithm performance; Complex terrain; Forcing; Comparative study; Synthetic aperture radar; Surface wind; Retrieval algorithm

Satellite-borne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) offers the potential for remotely sensing surface wind speed both over the open sea and in close proximity to the coast. The resolution improvement of SAR over scatterometers is of particular advantage near coasts. Thus, there is a need to verify the pe...