00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.849561 CaOODSP 20241203113641 cr ||||||||||| 180104s1986 onca|||fob f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng eng fre n-cn--- En13-5/86-111E-PDF Pierson, Williard J. Verification results for a two-scale model of microwave backscatter from the sea surface [electronic resource] / by Willard J. Pierson and Mark A. Donelan. Burlington, Ont. : National Water Research Institute, 1986. ii, 6 p. : ill. NWRI contribution ; 86-111 "June 1986". "This manuscript has been submitted to the International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium '86, Zurich, Switzerland, 8-11 September 1986 and the contents are subject to change". Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. "This paper and the companion paper (A Two-Scale Bragg Scattering Model for Microwave Backscatter from Wind Generated Waves, Donelan and Pierson), present a new model for measuring winds over the ocean using satellite borne radar and present a preliminary verification of the model. These works respresent an important advance in our ability to measure wind speed and direction in a synoptic sense over the world's oceans. This in turn is a necessary step in improving weather forecasting. The model will likely be used in future weather satellites"--Management perspective, p. i. Includes management perspective and abstract in French. gccst Wind energy gccst Modelling gccst Oceans Donelan, M. A. (Mark A.), 1942- Canada. Environment Canada. National Water Research Institute (Canada) NWRI contribution ; no. 86-111 (CaOODSP)9.844121 PDF 1.01 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2018/eccc/En13-5-86-111-eng.pdf