@inproceedings{ee9a5a8db2484674adceed481473040b,
title = "The accuracy of high resolution winds from QuikSCAT",
abstract = "The accuracy of the high resolution QuikSCAT wind product was quantified using spatially and temporally collocated 10 m equivalent neutral stability winds calculated from selected NOAA NDBC buoy measurements. Only buoys that had sample correlation higher than 1.5 were used in this validation, a total of 5704 records. The validation followed the Freilich nonlinear statistical analysis approach from [1]. This analysis of the collocated buoy-scatterometer data set yielded the following statistics for wind speed: deterministic offset -0.25 m/s; linear gain 1.02; standard deviation of component errors 1.9 m/s; and RMS error 2.2 m/s. Wind direction errors were more pronounced for lighter winds, typically for winds up to 5 m/s. The RMS directional error for buoy-QuikSCAT pairs for which Δθ < 90° is 20.6°.",
author = "Zorana Jelenak and Connor, \{Laurence N.\} and Chang, \{Paul S.\}",
year = "2002",
language = "English",
isbn = "078037536X",
series = "International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "732--734",
booktitle = "2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 24th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
note = "2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2002 ; Conference date: 24-06-2002 Through 28-06-2002",
}