Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
The relationship between radar backscatter and surface wind was investigated using data of two separate studies conducted using a set of airborne radar backscatter measurements and the associated in-situ measurements obtained during the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment (FASINEX) on February 21, 1986. The results showed that the radar backscatter cross section, sigma(0), of the ocean correlates best with the friction velocity, rather than with the equivalent neutral stability wind, U(N), indicating that the existing model of sigma(0) vs U(N) is inadequate.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Conference on Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction; Feb 01, 1988 - Feb 05, 1988; Anaheim, CA; United States
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