Abstract
The Norwegian Continental Shelf Experiment (NORCSEX '88), a pre‐launch ERS 1 field investigation, was carried out during a 25‐day period in March 1988 on the continental shelf off the coast of Norway centered at 64°N with participation from Canada, France, Norway, the United States, and the Federal Republic of Germany. The overall goal was aimed at investigation of the capability of the first European Space Agency (ESA) remote sensing satellite (ERS 1) type active microwave sensors to measure marine variables such as near‐surface wind, waves and ocean surface current and their interaction in weather conditions ranging from moderate to extreme. The capability of the ERS‐I‐type active microwave instruments to sense these variables was investigated by combined use of the Canadian CV‐580 C band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), the U.S. Geosat radar altimeter, and a shipmounted scatterometer. Complementary in situ measurements of characteristic quantities in the lower atmosphere and upper ocean were simultaneously collected from research vessels, moorings, and drifting buoys.
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