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NEAR-REAL-TIME SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHTS IN HURRICANES FROM A NEW AIRBORNE KA-BAND INTERFEROMETRIC ALTIMETER

  • Joseph Sapp
  • , Zorana Jelenak
  • , Paul Chang
  • , James R. Carswell
  • , Brian Pollard
  • , Alex Theg
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Remote Sensing Solutions Inc.

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3 Scopus citations

Abstract

During the 2020 hurricane season, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS)/Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Ocean Surface Winds Team (OSWT) in collaboration with Remote Sensing Solutions (RSS) operated the RSS Ka-band Interferometric Altimeter (KaIA) from the NOAA WP-3D aircraft, making the first comprehensive set of airborne Ka-band radar altimeter measurements of a tropical cyclone. KaIA is a nadir-looking Ka-band interferometric radar altimeter with a real-time tracker/retracker and is capable of centimetric radar altimetry. This paper shows significant wave height (SWH) retrievals from the 2020 hurricane season and compares them to wave models, and satellite and buoy observations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIGARSS 2021 - 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages7426-7429
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781665403696
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021 - Online, Virtual, Belgium
Duration: Jul 12 2021Jul 16 2021

Publication series

NameInternational Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)
ISSN (Print)2153-6996
ISSN (Electronic)2153-7003

Conference

Conference2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2021
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityOnline, Virtual
Period07/12/2107/16/21

Keywords

  • Altimetry
  • Cyclones
  • Ka-band
  • Remote sensing
  • Sea measurements

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