ERS Scatterometer Ambiguity Removal Scheme Comparison

.......................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 3 PreScat ....................................................................................................................... 4 VARScat ..................................................................................................................... 5 2D-VAR....................................................................................................................... 7 SCAR .......................................................................................................................... 9 Method of Comparison................................................................................................... 9 Data............................................................................................................................... 10 Comparison Results ...................................................................................................... 11 Statistical Results ..................................................................................................... 11 Activity ................................................................................................................... 11 Performance.......................................................................................................... 13 Large Scale Errors................................................................................................ 13 Wind Vector Performance..................................................................................... 15 Meteorological Cases ............................................................................................... 15 Discussion and Conclusions ......................................................................................... 16 Acknowledgements................................................................................................... 17 References .................................................................................................................... 18 Appendix A .................................................................................................................. 19 CASE I date 2000/01/13 20:47:46......................................................................... 19 CASE III date 2000/01/06 01:35:12....................................................................... 23 CASE IV date 2000/01/19 06:20:17 ...................................................................... 25 CASE V date 2000/01/31 11:22:37 ....................................................................... 27 Scatterometer Ambiguity Removal Scheme Comparison

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