Wind retrieval from synthetic aperture radar - an overview

Knut-Frode  Dagestad; Jochen  Horstmann; Alexis  Mouche; William  Perrie; Hui  Shen; Biao  Zhang; Xiaofeng  Li; Frank  Monaldo; William Pichel; Susanne Lehner; Merete Badger; Charlotte Bay Hasager; Birgitte Furevik; Ralph C. Foster; Silvia  Falchetti; Michael J. Caruso; Paris Vachon

Wind retrieval from synthetic aperture radar - an overview

Knut-Frode Dagestad, Jochen Horstmann, Alexis Mouche, William Perrie, Hui Shen, Biao Zhang, Xiaofeng Li, Frank Monaldo, William Pichel, Susanne Lehner, Merete Badger, Charlotte Bay Hasager, Birgitte Furevik, Ralph C. Foster, Silvia Falchetti, Michael J. Caruso, Paris Vachon

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This paper represents a consensus on the state-of-the-art in wind retrieval using synthetic aperture radar (SAR), after the SEASAR 2012 workshop “Advances in SAR Oceanography” hosted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Norwegian Space Centre in Tromsø, Norway 18–22 June 2012. We document the recent advances of the methodologies, which are capitalizing on the improved capabilities of the modern generation of SAR sensors providing Doppler grid and multi-polarizations. The many applications of SAR wind retrieval have also benefitted from on the improved availability of wide swath modes (~500 km) with excellent coverage, giving much better overview of regional and mesoscale wind features. The accuracy of offshore wind retrieval is robust and generally in the order of 1.5 m/s in speed and 20° in direction, whereas the new methodologies steadily improve the performance for the more challenging conditions near cyclones and complex coastal topography.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SEASAR 2012
Number of pages	22
Publisher	European Space Agency
Publication date	2013
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	4th SAR Oceanography Workshop: Advances in SAR Oceanography - Tromsø, Norway Duration: 18 Jun 2012 → 22 Jun 2012 Conference number: 4

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Workshop	4th SAR Oceanography Workshop
Number	4
Country/Territory	Norway
City	Tromsø
Period	18/06/2012 → 22/06/2012

Series	E S A - S P
Number	709
ISSN	0379-6566

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Dagestad, K-F, Horstmann, J, Mouche, A, Perrie, W, Shen, H, Zhang, B, Li, X, Monaldo, F, Pichel, W, Lehner, S, Badger, M, Hasager, CB, Furevik, B, Foster, RC, Falchetti, S, Caruso, MJ & Vachon, P 2013, Wind retrieval from synthetic aperture radar - an overview. in Proceedings of SEASAR 2012. European Space Agency, E S A - S P, no. 709, 4th SAR Oceanography Workshop, Tromsø, Norway, 18/06/2012.

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