Abstract
Accurate absolute radiometric calibration of spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensor is of great importance in quantitative oceanic monitoring. Traditionally, the calibration constant is determined by analyzing measurements of man-made calibrators deployed on land at a high expense. In this paper, a technique called numerical weather prediction (NWP)-based ocean calibration method for estimating the calibration constant on the basis of SAR observations over ocean is applied to the first Chinese C-band SAR satellite Gaofen-3 (GF-3). The ocean calibration is performed on GF-3 wave mode SAR images at VV and HH polarizations over a period of one year from September 2017 to August 2018. Verification against the independent scatterometer-derived winds shows that after NWP-based ocean recalibration, the accuracy of wind speed retrieval from GF-3 wave mode imagery could reach the wind speed estimation performance using the state-of-the-art of SAR data. These results indicate that GF-3 wind retrievals are promising for operational oceanic products and applications if the SAR data are appropriately calibrated by the proposed NWP-based ocean calibration approach.
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