Wind Vector Retrievals under Rain with Passive Satellite Microwave Radiometers
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Wind Vector Retrievals under Rain with Passive Satellite Microwave Radiometers
- Author:
Thomas Meissner, Member, IEEE and Frank J. Wentz
—We have developed algorithms that retrieve ocean surface wind speed and direction under rain using brightness temperature measurements from passive microwave satellite radiometers. For accurate radiometer retrievals of wind speeds in rain it is essential to use brightness temperature signals at different frequencies, whose spectral signature makes it possible to find channel combinations that are sufficiently sensitive to wind speed but little or not sensitive to rain.
