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A Hurricane Wind Speed Retrieval Model for C-Band RADARSAT-2 Cross-Polarization ScanSAR Images
A hybrid backscattering model is built to provide a consistent description for C-band VH- and VV-polarized normalized radar cross sections (NRCSs). Ocean surface co- and cross-polarized NRCS are both treated as a sum of Bragg and non-Bragg scattering components. To better understand the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observed NRCS signals under high-wind conditions, five C-band RADARSAT-2 dual-polarization SAR hurricane images and the collocated wind vectors measured by the airborne stepped-frequency microwave radiometer (SFMR) are collected. Based on the match-up data, we add a non-Bragg term in the composite Bragg theory to explain the discrepancy between the measurements in the cross-polarization channel and the existing theory results. The non-Bragg scattering to Bragg scattering ratio ( B_{r} ) is found to be a constant. We build the hybrid backscattering model with B_{r} and establish a relationship between the cross-polarization NRCS and the radar incidence angle under different wind conditions. The NRCS dependence on incidence angle is simulated by the hybrid backscattering model. Finally, a C-band Cross-Polarization Coupled-Parameters Ocean (C-3PO) model is developed to retrieve hurricane winds using VH-polarized ScanSAR by including the radar incidence angle. The collocated SAR and SFMR data sets are separated into two parts: data set-A, for hybrid backscattering model derivation and C-3PO model coefficients tuning, and data set-B, for hurricane wind validation. C-3PO model validation results show that the model is suitable for ocean surface wind mapping from RADARSAT-2 cross-polarization ScanSAR images. The retrieval has a root-mean-square error less than 3 m/s for wind speed up to 40 m/s.
A Hurricane Wind Speed Retrieval Model for C-Band RADARSAT-2 Cross-Polarization ScanSAR Images
A hybrid backscattering model is built to provide a consistent description for C-band VH- and VV-polarized normalized radar cross sections (NRCSs). Ocean surface co- and cross-polarized NRCS are both treated as a sum of Bragg and non-Bragg scattering components. To better understand the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observed NRCS signals under high-wind conditions, five C-band RADARSAT-2 dual-polarization SAR hurricane images and the collocated wind vectors measured by the airborne stepped-frequency microwave radiometer (SFMR) are collected. Based on the match-up data, we add a non-Bragg term in the composite Bragg theory to explain the discrepancy between the measurements in the cross-polarization channel and the existing theory results. The non-Bragg scattering to Bragg scattering ratio ( B_{r} ) is found to be a constant. We build the hybrid backscattering model with B_{r} and establish a relationship between the cross-polarization NRCS and the radar incidence angle under different wind conditions. The NRCS dependence on incidence angle is simulated by the hybrid backscattering model. Finally, a C-band Cross-Polarization Coupled-Parameters Ocean (C-3PO) model is developed to retrieve hurricane winds using VH-polarized ScanSAR by including the radar incidence angle. The collocated SAR and SFMR data sets are separated into two parts: data set-A, for hybrid backscattering model derivation and C-3PO model coefficients tuning, and data set-B, for hurricane wind validation. C-3PO model validation results show that the model is suitable for ocean surface wind mapping from RADARSAT-2 cross-polarization ScanSAR images. The retrieval has a root-mean-square error less than 3 m/s for wind speed up to 40 m/s.
A Hurricane Wind Speed Retrieval Model for C-Band RADARSAT-2 Cross-Polarization ScanSAR Images
Zhang, Guosheng (author) / Li, Xiaofeng / Perrie, William / Hwang, Paul A / Zhang, Biao / Yang, Xiaofeng
2017
Article (Journal)
English
Local classification TIB:
770/3710/5670
BKL:
38.03
Methoden und Techniken der Geowissenschaften
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74.41
Luftaufnahmen, Photogrammetrie
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