| ZHANG Lei,SHI Hanqing,YU Hong,YI Xin. 2016. WindSat satellite comparisons with nearshore buoy wind data near the U.S. west and east coasts. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 35(7):50－58 |
| WindSat satellite comparisons with nearshore buoy wind data near the U.S. west and east coasts |
| WindSat近海岸风场与美国沿岸浮标对比分析 |
| Received:July 21, 2015 Revised:October 08, 2015 |
| DOI：10.1007/s13131-016-0905-y |
| Key words:WindSat polarimetric microwave radiometer nearshore wind validation |
| 中文关键词: WindSat 极化微波辐射计 近岸风场 验证 |
| 基金项目:The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41105012 and 41576171. |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | ZHANG Lei | Institute of Meteorology and Oceanography, People's Liberation Army University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China | zlei_best@126.com | | SHI Hanqing | Institute of Meteorology and Oceanography, People's Liberation Army University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China | | | YU Hong | Institute of Meteorology and Oceanography, People's Liberation Army University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China | | | YI Xin | Beijing Institute of Applied Meteorology, Beijing 100029, China | |
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| Abstract: |
| Nearshore wind speeds retrieved by WindSat are validated by a comparison with the moored buoy observations near the U.S. west and east coasts. A 30 min and 25 km collection window is used for the WindSat wind data and buoy measurements from January 2004 to December 2014. Comparisons show that the overall root-mean-square error is better than 1.44 m/s near the U.S. coasts, and the result for the east coast is better than that for the west coast. The retrieval accuracy of the descending portions is slightly better than that of the ascending portions. Most buoy-to-buoy variations are not significantly correlated with the coastal topography, the longitude and the distance from the shore or satellite-buoy separation distance. In addition, comparisons between a polarimetric microwave radiometer and a microwave scatterometer are accomplished with the nearshore buoy observations from 2007 to 2008. The WindSat-derived winds tend to be lower than the buoy observations near the U.S. coasts. In contrast, the QuikSCAT-derived winds tend to be higher than the buoy observations. Overall, the retrieval accuracy of WindSat is slightly better than that of QuikSCAT, and these satellite-derived winds are sufficiently accurate for scientific studies. |
| 中文摘要: |
| 利用美国近海岸2004-2014年的固定浮标数据，本文对比分析了WindSat的近海岸风速产品。匹配时空窗口分别为30分钟和25公里。对比分析结果表明：WindSat反演的美国近海岸风速产品的均方根误差优于1.44 m/s，并且东海岸风速反演结果优于西海岸。WindSat下降轨道的风速反演结果优于上升轨道的结果。通过浮标相互间的对比分析发现，WindSat近海岸的风速反演结果与近岸海水深度、经度及距岸距离等因素并无明显的相关性。此外，利用2007-2008年的固定浮标数据，本文还对比分析了WindSat和QuikSCAT的近海岸风速反演结果，结果表明：相对于浮标数据，WindSat的风速反演值偏低，而QuikSCAT的风速反演值偏高；总体上来看，WindSat的近岸风速反演结果略优于QuikSCAT的近海岸风速反演结果。以上风速反演的精度均达到了传感器设定的指标，其为进一步的科学研究提供了良好的数据支撑。 |
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