CHENGe. On Retrieving Sea Surface Wind Speed from Satellite Altimeters: Model Functions and an Application Case[J]. Journal of Remote Sensing, 1999, (4): 305-311. DOI: 10.11834/jrs.19990410.
This paper presents a detailed analysis and comparison of14 modelfunctions
published in the open litera ture
forretrievingseasurface wind speedfrom satellite altimeters.Theaccuracyofthese modelfunctionsarefoundto be within 1 .5 —2 .5m/sin general. Moreover
the modelfunctions appearto converge around 7m/s
correspondingto the peak ofthe wind speed probability density function .An “intermediate”modelfunctionissubsequently proposed and ap plied to derive sea surface wind speedfrom TOPEXaltimeter data
yieldinginterestingresults.The characteristicsof al timeter
d
erived globalsea surface wind speed are described and potential approachesforimprovingthe accuracy of wind speed modelfunctions are discussed .Theimportance of abnormal atmospheric process
such asrain effect
on altimeter wind speed retrievalis also stressed .