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Articles | Volume 16, issue 20
Articles | Volume 16, issue 20
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4769-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-4769-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 20
Research article
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20 Oct 2023
Research article |  | 20 Oct 2023

Higher-order calibration on WindRAD (Wind Radar) scatterometer winds

Zhen Li, Ad Stoffelen, Anton Verhoef, Zhixiong Wang, Jian Shang, and Honggang Yin

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WindRAD (Wind Radar) is the first dual-frequency rotating fan-beam scatterometer in orbit. We observe non-linearity in the backscatter distribution. Therefore, higher-order calibration (HOC) is proposed, which removes the non-linearities per incidence angle. The combination of HOC and NOCant is discussed. It can remove not only the non-linearity but also the anomalous harmonic azimuth dependencies caused by the antenna rotation; hence the optimal winds can be achieved with this combination.
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