On a new relationship between radar cross section and wind speedusing ERS-1 scatterometer data and ECMWF analysis data over theMediterranean Sea

摘要

The authors present work in the field of wind reconstruction bymeans of spaceborne scatterometer. A new relationship between the radarcross section and the wind field is investigated. Its functional formhas been recently suggested by some recent studies performed over thePacific Ocean. Due to its intrinsic capability to model weak wind fieldsthe relationship is of special relevance in a closed sea such as theMediterranean. The authors investigate the case of ERS-1 scatterometerdata (C-band) and the radar cross section wind field relationship isdetermined by means of the ECMWF analysis over the Mediterranean Sea