Neural network wind retrieval from ERS-1 scatterometer data

نویسندگان

  • P. Richaume
  • Fouad Badran
  • Michel Crépon
  • Carlos Mejia
  • H. Roquet
  • Sylvie Thiria
چکیده

This paper presents a neural network methodology to retrieve wind vectors from ERS1 scatterometer data. First a neural network (NN-INVERSE) computes the most probable wind vectors. Probabilities for the estimated wind direction are given. At least 75 % of the most probable wind directions are consistent with ECMWF winds (at ± 20°). Then the remaining ambiguities are resolved by an adapted PRESCAT method that uses the probabilities provided by NN-INVERSE. Several statistical tests are presented to evaluate the skill of the method. The good performance is mainly due to the use of a spatial context and to the probabilistic approach adopted to estimate the wind direction. Comparisons with other methods are also presented. The good performance of the neural network method suggests that a self-consistent wind retrieval from ERS1 Scatterometer is possible.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neurocomputing

دوره 30  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000