Journal article
Calibration and cross validation of a global wind and wave database of altimeter, radiometer, and scatterometer measurements
IR Young, E Sanina, AV Babanin
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC | Published : 2017
Abstract
A combined satellite dataset consisting of nine altimeter, 12 radiometer, and two scatterometer missions of wind speed and wave height is calibrated in a consistent manner against NDBC data and independently validated against a separate buoy dataset. The data are investigated for stability as a function of time. Instances where there are discontinuities or drift in the data are identified and accounted for in the calibration. The performance of each of the instruments at extreme values is investigated using quantile-quantile comparisons with buoy data. The various instruments are cross validated at matchup locations where satellite ground tracks cross. The resulting calibrated and cross-vali..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) through Discovery Grant DP130100215 and the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) through Grant N00014-13-1-0278. This support has been invaluable in completing this extensive study. The raw datasets used in the study were supplied by Globwave (altimeter and buoy) and Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) (radiometer/scatterometer). Without these public domain archives the study would have been extremely difficult.