Foundations for Innovative Application of Airborne Radars Measuring the Water Surface Backscattering Signature and Wind /

• Main Author: Nekrasov, Alexey (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Subjects: Geography.; Meteorology.; Oceanography.; Remote sensing.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

The ‘wind vector’ – wind speed and direction – is a main meteorological quantity and relevant for air-sea exchange processes. This book explores the use of several airborne microwave instruments, some of which are part of standard aircraft equipment, in determining the local wind vector over water....

Table of Contents:

• Water surface backscattering and wind retrieval
• FM-CW demonstrator system as an instrument for measuring the sea surface backscattering signature and wind
• Doppler navigation system application for measuring the backscattering signature and wind over water
• Measuring the water surface backscattering signature and wind by means of the airborne weather radar
• Water-surface wind retrieval using the airborne radar altimeter
• Near-nadir wind estimation over water with the airborne precipitation radar.