Heavy rain effects on scatterometer returns from rain roughened seas

Larry Bliven (1) , Piotr Sobieski (2) , Jean Paul Giovanangeli (3) , Hubert Branger (3) , Tanos Elfouhaily (3)

1 WFF - NASA Wallops Flight Facility
2 UCL - Université Catholique de Louvain = Catholic University of Louvain
3 IRPHE - Institut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre

droplets falling on the sea generate short centimetric waves that enhance scaterometer radar response.

Mots clés: rain; droplets; sea surface; remote sensing; scatterometer; centimetrc waves; cross section

Domaines: Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]; Océan, Atmosphère

Larry Bliven, Piotr Sobieski, Jean Paul Giovanangeli, Hubert Branger, Tanos Elfouhaily. Heavy rain effects on scatterometer returns from rain roughened seas. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium '95, Jul 1995, Firenze, Italy. pp.95CH35770. ⟨hal-00233002⟩