The Winds and Currents Mission Concept

The Winds and Currents Mission Concept

The Winds and Currents Mission (WaCM) is a proposed approach to meet the need identified by the NRC Decadal Survey for the simultaneous measurements of ocean vector winds and currents. WaCM features a Ka-band pencil-beam Doppler scatterometer able to map ocean winds and currents globally. We review...

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Veröffentlicht in:Frontiers in Marine Science 2019-07, Vol.6
Hauptverfasser: Rodríguez, Ernesto, Bourassa, Mark, Chelton, Dudley, Farrar, J. Thomas, Long, David, Perkovic-Martin, Dragana, Samelson, Roger
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
air-sea interaction
Doppler
Doppler sonar
Measurement
Noise
Ocean circulation
Reviews
scatterometer
Scatterometers
Science
sea ice
Sensors
surface currents
surface winds
Surveying
Wind
Winds
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Zusammenfassung:The Winds and Currents Mission (WaCM) is a proposed approach to meet the need identified by the NRC Decadal Survey for the simultaneous measurements of ocean vector winds and currents. WaCM features a Ka-band pencil-beam Doppler scatterometer able to map ocean winds and currents globally. We review the principles behind the WaCM measurement and the requirements driving the mission. We then present an overview of the WaCM observatory and tie its capabilities to other OceanObs reviews and measurement approaches.
ISSN:2296-7745
2296-7745
DOI:10.3389/fmars.2019.00438