A Geosat altimeter wind speed algorithm is derived by cross-calibrating Geosat and Seasat
altimeter estimates of the normalized radar cross section σ₀ and modifying an existing Seasat
altimeter wind speed model function to obtain a model function appropriate for Geosat observations.
It is argued that the σ₀ distribution measured by...
Global seasonal cycles of the wind and wind stress fields estimated from the 8-yr record (September 1999–August 2007) of wind measurements by the NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) are presented. While this atlas, referred to here as the Scatterometer Climatology of Ocean Winds (SCOW), consists of 12 variables, the focus here...
The scheduled February 1985 launch of a radar altimeter aboard the U.S. Navy satellite Geosat has
motivated an in-depth investigation of wind speed retrieval from satellite altimeters. The accuracy of sea
surface wind speed estimated by the Seasat altimeter is examined by comparison with wind speed
estimated by the Seasat...