Accession Number:

ADA010517

Title:

Analysis of Skylab II S193 Scatterometer Data.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Jordan,Arthur K.
• Purves,Charles G.
• Diggs,James F.

Report Date:

1975-05-02

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

SKYLAB II S193 Scatterometer data for the passes of June 5, 1973, over the Gulf of Mexico and June 6, 1973, over Pacific Hurricane AVA were analyzed. The S193 scatterometer measured the radar cross section of the ocean at 13.9 GHz Ku-band as a function of incidence angle. The fields-of-view of the scatterometer were known. In the absence of a large body of Ku-band ocean radar data, the results of the NRL experiments at X-band 8.9 GHz were used for comparison. The S193 data of June 5, 1973, when a practically uniform wind field was present, show reasonable agreement with the NRL empirical and theoretical models.

Descriptors:

• *OCEAN SURFACE
• *WIND
• BACKSCATTERING
• BRIGHTNESS
• WIND DIRECTION
• WIND VELOCITY
• AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
• REMOTE SYSTEMS
• MANNED SPACECRAFT
• MEXICO GULF
• HURRICANE TRACKING

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE