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Wind direction azimuthal signature in the Stokes emission vector from the ocean surface at microwave frequencies
Author(s) -
Camps A. J.,
Reising S. C.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.1198
Subject(s) - azimuth , microwave , polarization (electrochemistry) , stokes parameters , skewness , meteorology , wind speed , physics , wind direction , computational physics , remote sensing , geology , atmospheric sciences , environmental science , optics , scattering , mathematics , chemistry , statistics , quantum mechanics
An ocean polarimetric emission model is presented. It is found that skewness and upwind/cross‐wind rms slopes are responsible for the first and second azimuthal harmonic, respectively. Atmospheric effects contribute significantly at low wind speeds, and at horizontal polarization at certain observation angles. Simulation results compare favorably with reported JPL–WINDRAD measurements. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 29: 426–432, 2001.