Sea-surface winds in the Iceland-Faeroe area, as derived from the ERS-1 scatterometer

dc.contributor.author	Essen, Heinz-Hermann
dc.date.accessioned	2018-10-11T14:06:49Z
dc.date.available	2018-10-11T14:06:49Z
dc.date.issued	1994/04
dc.identifier	2000
dc.identifier.govdoc	SR-220
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12489/302
dc.description.abstract	This report presents measurements of surface meteorological data taken during three cruises of R/V Alliance to the Iceland-Faeroe frontal area during August 1991 (NORDIC'91), March 1992 (NORDIC'92a) and October 1992 (NORDIC'92b). Wind velocity and direction, as measured at three
dc.description.abstract	different locations on the ship, are compared with wind information retrieved from the scatterometer of
dc.description.abstract	the European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1). As coincident in situ and satellite measurements are
dc.description.abstract	relatively rare, analysed winds from the UK Meteorological Office are also used for comparison. For
dc.description.abstract	the satellite data, different retrieval algorithms are applied. Beside the wind vector, its horizontal derivatives (e.g. horizontal divergence and curl) are also investigated.
dc.format	60 p. : ill. ; 126 fig.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	NATO. SACLANTCEN
dc.relation.ispartofseries	ADB187275
dc.subject	Meteorology
dc.subject	Remote sensing
dc.subject	Iceland-Faeroe Frontal
dc.title	Sea-surface winds in the Iceland-Faeroe area, as derived from the ERS-1 scatterometer
dc.type	Scientific Report (SR)