Ocean surface wind speed measurements of the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I)
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
- Vol. 28 (5), 823-828
- https://doi.org/10.1109/36.58969
Abstract
An operational wind speed algorithm was developed. This algorithm is based on the D-matrix approach, which seeks a linear relationship between measured SSM/I brightness temperatures and environmental parameters. D-matrix performance in the low-to-medium wind speed range was validated by comparing algorithm-derived wind speeds with near-simultaneous and colocated measurements made by the anemometers of offshore ocean buoys. Results indicate that for approximately 85% of the time, the D-matrix-retrieved winds will have an accuracy better than the Defense Meteorological Space Program goal of +or-2 m/s. For the remaining 15% of the time, the scene will be rain-flagged and retrieval accuracies will be worse than +or-2 m/s.Keywords
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