Session 4 |
| | New Opportunities in Air-Sea Interaction Studies Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery |
| | Organizer: Paris W. Vachon, Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, ON Canada
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| 1:30 PM | 4.1 | Validation of wind retrieval algorithms from spaceborne SAR 
Elena Arabini, CNR, Bologna, Italy; and G. De Carolis, F. Parmiggiani, and A. Siccardi |
| 1:45 PM | 4.2 | Comparison of RADARSAT SAR-Derived Winds with Buoy and QUIKSCAT Measurements
F. M. Monaldo, Johns Hopkins Univ. APL, Laurel, MD; and D. R. Thompson and R. C. Beal |
| 2:00 PM | 4.3 | Validation of RadarSat SAR-derived Winds Using Atmospheric Model Estimates and Remotely Sensed Measurements
William Perrie, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and B. Toulany, E. Dunlap, B. He, M. Dowd, and P. Vachon |
| 2:15 PM | 4.4 | Improving Synthetic Aperture Radar Wind Observations by Correcting NOGAPS Wind Direction Fields Using Subjective Analysis
Nathaniel S. Winstead, Johns Hopkins University APL, Laurel, MD; and T. D. Sikora and F. M. Monaldo |
| 2:30 PM | 4.5 | An algorithm for operational wind field retrieval using RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR images
Jochen Horstmann, GKSS Research Center, Geesthacht, Germany; and W. Koch, S. Lehner, and R. Tonboe |
| 2:45 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:15 PM | 4.6 | Sea surface temperature effects on SAR backscatter
Pablo Clemente-Colon, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Zheng and X. H. Yan |
| 3:30 PM | 4.7 | Improving SAR Sampling of the Ocean Surface: Current Status of a New Ocean SAR Mapper Concept
Benjamin Holt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Hilland |
| 3:45 PM | 4.8 | Analysis of SAR Imagery During the ONR/SHOWEX Program
Ralph C. Foster, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and P. D. Mourad, N. S. Winstead, and P. W. Vachon |
| 4:00 PM | 4.9 | Global measurements of wind using complex synthetic aperture radar images
S. Lehner, German Space Center, Oberpfaffenhoven, Germany; and J. Horstmann, J. Schulz-Stellenfleth, M. Bao, and W. Koch |
| 4:15 PM | 4.10 | Coastal winds from synthetic aperture radar sea surface images of the North West of Baja California, México
Francisco J. Ocampo-Torres, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico |
| 4:30 PM | 4.11 | Wind Information for Marine Weather Forecasting from RADARSAT-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Data: Initial Results from the "Marine Winds from SAR" Demonstration Project
Dean G. Flett, Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and P. W. Vachon, K. J. Wilson, and J. F. Hopper |
| 4:45 PM | 4.12 | Comparison of RADARSAT Observations of Secondary Circulations in Hurricane Floyd's Boundary Layer With Concurrent WP-3D Aircraft Observations
Peter Black, NOAA/AOML, Miami, FL; and K. Katsaros, P. Dodge, P. W. Vachon, and E. Walsh |