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NOAA Assessment of the Oceansat-2 ScatterometerSeubson Soisuvarn
Khalil Ahmad Zorana Jelenak
Joseph SienkiewiczPaul S. Chang
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Introduction NOAA has been receiving day old OSCAT data via ISRO dedicated FTP server since
September 2010
NRT OSCAT data flow from ISRO to EUMETSAT commenced in February 2011. Since then EUMETSAT has been receives 12-14 orbits per day. In March 2011 NRT OSCAT data flow began at NOAA via EUMETSAT dedicated FTP server
NOAA is currently receiving all three levels of OSCAT data: L1B, L2A and L2B
L2A and L2B Gridded @ 50 km WVC
Latest data as of February 2011 was used in analysis Near real-time received through EUMETSAT
Collocation of GDAS wind vector was done for L1B (slice) and L2A (composite) Sigma0
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OSCAT Data Flow and Processing Within STAR
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EUM EXGAT
E Server
EUM FTP Data Server
STAR FTP
Server
NASA/JPL
STAR OWDP
25kmMGDR
L2B
NAWIPS
AWIPS
NWP Buff
L3
Established In Development Development not Started
WebProducts
L1B, L2A, L2B
Data Storing
KNMI
JPL
3
ISRO
L1B, and 50km L2A and L2B
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L1B
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Signal & Noise Power
Calculates Signal power (echo after noise subtraction) and Noise power from the following formulation
Plot as a function of wind speed
Signal is below noise level @ winds < 7.5 m/s in a mean!
s
ssnoise
noise
signals
sssignal
SNR
XP
P
PSNR
XP
0
0
σ
σ
⋅=
=
⋅=
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Signal & Noise Power
OSCAT QuikSCAT
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Signal Power
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Signal & Noise Power
OSCAT QuikSCAT
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Noise Power
Low SNR
~7.5 m/s
Signal Power
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11 % 4 %
89 %96 %
OSCAT QuikSCAT
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Scan Angle Dependence
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L2A
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NEW ISRO 50km L2A
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Slice & Composite bias
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∑∑
=
SS
SSS
compX
X 0
0
σσ
X factor
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L1B → L2A (NOAA)
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OSCAT wind processor
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Use QuikSCAT wind processor as a starting point
Process OSCAT data from Level 1B
Grid Sigma0 @ 25 km WVC (L2A)
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ISRO derived WVC index (i,j) from satellite position and velocity vectors
(not currently available in routine L1B processing )
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Derived WVC index (i,j) by approximation from orbital elements given in L1B attribute parameters, i.e.
- Inclination = 98.28 deg
- Semi-major axis = 7098.14 km
- Eccentricity = 0.00113
- Equator crossing longitude (descending node) = varied orbit-by-orbit
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NOAA orbit (25 km)ISRO orbit (50 km)
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Composite Sigma0 and STD
∑∑
=
SS
SSS
compX
X 0
0
σσ
σ01
σ02
σ03
We calculate standard deviation of each Sigma0 from the following formulation
2
00
0 1 ∑ ∑
−⋅=
S
comp
SS
SS
X
X
NSTD σσσ
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V-POL Sigma0 Residual Bias
FO
RE L
OO
KA
FT L
OO
K
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V-POL Sigma0 Residual Bias(Normalized)
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We normalize the residual bias by the standard deviation calculated above:
STD
GMFbias
comp
norm 0
0
σσ −=
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Residual Bias after Normalization
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Summary and Conclusions OSCAT data has been flowing to NOAA in near real-time via EUMETSAT since
March 2011
OSCAT L1B/L2A investigation shows: High wind retrievals from OSCAT would be valuable
Signal-to-Noise ratio is too low at low wind speeds < ~ 7.5 m/s
Sigma0 residual biases are significantly high at low wind speeds
Sigma0 are dependent on antenna scan position and ascending/descending orbit
NOAA is developing enhanced L2A product from ISRO’s L1B 25 km WVC grid
L2A product will contain standard deviation of composite Sigma0 Is proving to be useful parameter in definition of objective function normalization during retrieval process
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