Repository logo
 

Effects of foam on ocean surface microwave emission inferred from radiometric observations of reproducible breaking waves

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorReising, Steven C., author
dc.contributor.authorRose, Louis Allen, author
dc.contributor.authorAsher, William E., author
dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhan, Sharmila, author
dc.contributor.authorGaiser, Peter W., author
dc.contributor.authorIEEE, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T07:29:58Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T07:29:58Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractWindSat, the first satellite polarimetric microwave radiometer, and the NPOESS Conical Microwave Imager/Sounder both have as a key objective the retrieval of the ocean surface wind vector from radiometric brightness temperatures. Available observations and models to date show that the wind direction signal is only 1-3 K peak-to-peak at 19 and 37 GHz, much smaller than the wind speed signal. In order to obtain sufficient accuracy for reliable wind direction retrieval, uncertainties in geophysical modeling of the sea surface emission on the order of 0.2 K need to be removed. The surface roughness spectrum has been addressed by many studies, but the azimuthal signature of the microwave emission from breaking waves and foam has not been adequately addressed. RECENtly, a number of experiments have been conducted to quantify the increase in sea surface microwave emission due to foam. Measurements from the Floating Instrumentation Platform indicated that the increase in ocean surface emission due to breaking waves may depend on the incidence and azimuth angles of observation. The need to quantify this dependence motivated systematic measurement of the microwave emission from reproducible breaking waves as a function of incidence and azimuth angles. A number of empirical parameterizations of whitecap coverage with wind speed were used to estimate the increase in brightness temperatures measured by a satellite microwave radiometer due to wave breaking in the field of view. These results provide the first empirically based parameterization with wind speed of the effect of breaking waves and foam on satellite brightness temperatures at 10.8, 19, and 37 GHz.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported in part by the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research under Awards N00014-00-1-0615 (ONR/YIP) and N00014-03-1-0044 (Space and Remote Sensing) to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and N00014-00-1-0152 (Space and Remote Sensing) to the University of Washington. The National Polar-orbiting Operational environmental Satellite System Integrated Program Office supported the Naval Research Laboratory's participation through Award NA02AANEG0338 and supported data analysis at Colorado State University and the University of Washington through Award NA05AANEG0153.
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumarticles
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationPadmanabhan, Sharmila, et al., Effects of Foam on Ocean Surface Microwave Emission Inferred from Radiometric Observations of Reproducible Breaking Waves, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 44, no. 3 (March 2006): 569-583.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/685
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty Publications
dc.rights©2006 IEEE.
dc.rightsCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.
dc.subjectmicrowave radiometer
dc.subjectmicrowave emissivity
dc.subjectfractional area foam coverage
dc.subjectmicrowave radiometry
dc.subjectocean surface
dc.subjectWindSat
dc.subjectwind speed
dc.subjectwind vector
dc.titleEffects of foam on ocean surface microwave emission inferred from radiometric observations of reproducible breaking waves
dc.typeText

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ECEscr00015.pdf
Size:
3.06 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download

Collections

Faculty Publications