Verification of C-Band Geophysical Model Function for Wind Speed Retrieval in the Open Ocean and Inland Water Conditions

Autor: Daniil Sergeev, Olga Ermakova, Nikita Rusakov, Evgeny Poplavsky, Daria Gladskikh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Geosciences, Vol 13, Iss 12, p 361 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2076-3263
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences13120361
Popis: Verification of the C-band geophysical model functions (GMF) for the open ocean and the Gorky reservoir was carried out using Sentinel-1 IW-mode Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. CMOD5.N, CMOD7, GMF for the Caspian Sea, and CSARMOD2 were considered. The motivation for this study is concerned with the clarification of applying C-band GMFs for SAR images including for the conditions of inland water bodies, as well as with the study of the influence of various wind speed direction sources on the results of wind speed magnitude retrieval for ocean conditions. Comparison of wind speed from the CMOD5.N algorithm using wind direction data from NOAA NDBC oceanographic buoys together with the data provided by NCEP reanalysis data showed that regardless of the geographic location, the result does not depend significantly on the choice of the wind direction source. Novel results of CMOD5.N, CMOD7, GMF for the Caspian Sea, and CSARMOD2 applications to the conditions of the Gorky reservoir are presented. The comparison of these results with the meteorological station measurements showed the best agreement for CMOD5.N. The preliminary results on the construction of new C-band GMF adjusted to the Gorky Reservoir have shown statistical parameters better than for Caspian Sea GMF and CSARMOD2.
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