Sea surface plays a crucial role in influencing both oceanic and atmospheric processes. Today, satellite-based observations of sea surface wind are regularly utilized across a broad spectrum of oceanic, atmospheric, and climate-related applications. In this framework, real-aperture microwave active sensors are extensively used to deliver sea surface wind data to the operational communities working in oceanography and meteorology. In this paper, we investigate the azimuth cut-off sea wind speed retrieval approach by taking benefit of multi-look synthetic aperture radar imagery acquired in the Gulf of Salerno, Italy. The images have been co-located with level-2 Sentinel- 1 wind products and with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast forecasting winds. Preliminary results show that azimuth cut-off is not sensitive to sea states lower that a given threshold, which will be assessed when a larger dataset will be available. Further analysis will be provided by the time of the conference.

On the Fine Scale Estimation of Coastal Wind Speed in the Gulf of Salerno Using the Azimuth Cut-Off Approach

Inserra, Giovanna
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Grieco, Giuseppe;Muhammad, Adil;Caccavale, Mauro;Schroeder, Katrin
2024

Abstract

Sea surface plays a crucial role in influencing both oceanic and atmospheric processes. Today, satellite-based observations of sea surface wind are regularly utilized across a broad spectrum of oceanic, atmospheric, and climate-related applications. In this framework, real-aperture microwave active sensors are extensively used to deliver sea surface wind data to the operational communities working in oceanography and meteorology. In this paper, we investigate the azimuth cut-off sea wind speed retrieval approach by taking benefit of multi-look synthetic aperture radar imagery acquired in the Gulf of Salerno, Italy. The images have been co-located with level-2 Sentinel- 1 wind products and with the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast forecasting winds. Preliminary results show that azimuth cut-off is not sensitive to sea states lower that a given threshold, which will be assessed when a larger dataset will be available. Further analysis will be provided by the time of the conference.
2024
Istituto di Scienze Marine - ISMAR - Sede Secondaria Napoli
Istituto di Scienze Marine - ISMAR
979-8-3503-7899-3
wind speed
azimuth cut-off
Sentinel-1
SAR
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