Evaluation of ASCAT Winds by Assessing their Self-consistency

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Evaluation of ASCAT Winds by Assessing their Self-consistency MetOp-A Naoto EBUCHI Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University ebuchi@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp

Outline Comparison of ASCAT wind vectors with data from ocean buoys Assessment of statistical distributions of ASCAT wind speeds and directions Global wind speed histograms Directional distributions relative to antenna beams

Monthly Report on Buoy Comparison by KNMI

Buoy Data for Comparison with ASCAT NDBC KEO NDBC TAO RAMA WHOI PIRATA Data Period - From 20 Nov. 2008 to 31 Dec. 2010 Collocation - Dr < 12.5 km, Dt<10 min. Height and Stability Collections - Liu and Tang (1996) Code - 10-m height Neutral Equivalent Wind

Comparison of ASCAT Winds with Buoy Data # Bias RMS Correlation Wind Speed (m/s) 27,247 -0.15 1.42 0.885 Wind Direction (deg.) U > 0 m/s 26,976 3.0 26.2 0.957 U > 3 m/s 23,750 2.7 17.4 0.979 U > 5 m/s 18,672 2.7 14.1 0.985

Residuals of Wind Speed and Direction Binning wind speed = (Ubuoy + Uscat)/2

Dependence of Wind Speed Residual on Wave Parameter Significant Wave Height Inverse Wave Age Correlation Coefficient = 0.300 Correlation Coefficient = -0.311

Calculation of Global Statistics of ASCAT Wind Speeds and Directions ASCAT 25 km Swath Products (L2) 1 Jan. 2010 – 31 Dec. 2010 (1 year) Global ocean, 60oS – 60oN Collocated ECMWF winds (Non-EN wind) 156 million data points

ASCAT Global Wind Speed Histograms Period: 1 Jan. 2010 – 31 Dec. 2010 (1 year) Area: global ocean, 60oS – 60oN Bin size: 1 m/s

NWP Model Wind Speed Histograms Collocated with ASCAT observations

Statistics of ASCAT Wind Speed Distribution NWP ASCAT

Statistics of NSCAT Wind Speed Distribution ASCAT ASCAT ASCAT ASCAT (Ebuchi, J. Oceanogr., 2000)

Statistics of QSCAT Wind Speed Distribution Descending Ascending ASCAT ASCAT ASCAT ASCAT

ASCAT Wind Direction Histograms WVC# 1-3 WVC# 4-6 WVC# 7-9 WVC# 10-12 WVC# 13-15 WVC# 16-18 WVC# 19-21 NWP Model ASCAT Left Swath, Wind Speed Range: 7-9 m/s, Descending Paths

Normalized ASCAT Wind Direction Histograms WVC# 1-3 WVC# 4-6 WVC# 7-9 WVC# 10-12 WVC# 13-15 WVC# 16-18 WVC# 19-21 Descending Ascending Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), Left Swath, Wind Speed Range: 7-9 m/s

Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), WVC#: 1-3 (Left Outer Swath) Wind Speed Dependence of Normalized Wind Direction Histograms (Outer Cells) 3-5 m/s 5-7 m/s 7-9 m/s 9-11 m/s 11-13 m/s 13-15 m/s Descending Ascending Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), WVC#: 1-3 (Left Outer Swath)

Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), WVC#: 10-12 (Left Mid Swath) Wind Speed Dependence of Normalized Wind Direction Histograms (Mid Cells) 3-5 m/s 5-7 m/s 7-9 m/s 9-11 m/s 11-13 m/s 13-15 m/s Descending Ascending Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), WVC#: 10-12 (Left Mid Swath)

Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), WVC#: 19-21 (Left Inner Swath) Wind Speed Dependence of Normalized Wind Direction Histograms (Inner Cells) 3-5 m/s 5-7 m/s 7-9 m/s 9-11 m/s 11-13 m/s 13-15 m/s Descending Ascending Normalized (ASCAT/NWP), WVC#: 19-21 (Left Inner Swath)

Histograms of ERS-1 Wind Directions CMOD-4 CMOD-IFR2 (Ebuchi & Graber, JGR, 1998)

Histograms of NSCAT Wind Directions (Ebuchi, JGR, 1999)

Histograms of QSCAT Wind Directions (Ebuchi, Proc. IGARSS 2000, 2000)

Summary ASCAT wind speeds and directions agrees well with buoy observations in general. ASCAT global wind speed histogram varies with cross-track cell location. This trend is clearly represented by statistical parameters, such as standard deviation, skewness and kurtosis. Directivity relative to the antenna beams is discernible for ASCAT wind directions. At low wind speeds and the outer cells (high incidence), most of wind vectors aligned to the flight direction or mid-beam direction. These results suggest the needs for further refinements of the wind retrieval algorithms and the C-band GMF.

Comparison of wind speed

Residuals of Wind Speed and Direction