@article{fdi:010007538,
  title = {{D}etermination and validation of average wind fields from {ERS}-1 scatterometer measurements},
  author = {{B}entamy, {A}. and {Q}uilfen, {Y}. and {G}ohin, {F}. and {G}rima, {N}. and {L}enaour, {M}. and {S}ervain, {J}acques},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} geostatistic method, known as the kriging method is employed to produce a gridded wind field using {ERS}-1 scatterometer-retrieved wind vectors. {T}he method, which differs from the classical interpolation methods, makes use of spatial and temporal empirical structure functions for wind speed, eastward wind component u and northward wind component v, and the {G}auss-{M}arkov theorem to objectively analyze this vector field and yields an expression for the variance error expected in this estimate. {T}he stationarity assumptions needed to apply the kriging method are tested statistically. {R}esultant three-, seven- and ten-day average wind fields computed over the tropical region indicate that the method reproduces large and small-scale features. {T}he accuracy of the gridded wind fields is determined by comparisons with three-day averages calculated from {E}uropean {C}entre for {M}edium-range {W}eather {F}orecasts ({ECMWF}) wind vector analysis, with ten-day averages derived from ship measurements over the tropical {A}tlantic, and with seven-day averages computed from moored-buoy wind measurements, which were recorded by {P}acific {M}arine {E}nvironmental {L}aboratory ({PMEL}) in the {P}acific ocean. {I}n all cases, there is good agreement between the data sets. {T}he rms values of the difference between satellite and numerical analysis, ship and buoy-derived wind fields are 1.67 m/s, 1.17 m/s and 1.05 m/s, respectively. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{TELEDETECTION} {SPATIALE} ; {SATELLITE} {ERS}1 ; {INTERACTION} {OCEAN} {ATMOSPHERE} ; {VENT} ; {TRAITEMENT} {DE} {DONNEES}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}lobal {A}tmosphere and {O}cean {S}ystem},
  volume = {4},
  numero = {},
  pages = {1--29},
  year = {1996},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010007538},
}