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1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Retrieving Ocean Surface Wind Speeds from the Nonspinning QuikSCAT Scatterometer Bryan W. Stiles, R. Scott Dunbar, and Alexandra H. Chau Simon Yueh (presenting for the authors) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Overview Current Status of QuikSCAT – QuikSCAT stopped spinning in November 2009. – Current data is all single azimuth data Large number of looks; reduced noise No directional discrimination Narrow swath, global coverage once per month. Single look wind retrieval method – Determine wind speed from backscatter by assuming ECMWF wind direction is correct. Spectral and Noise characteristics of single look winds – Comparison of spinning and non-spinning QuikSCAT wind spectra Investigation of residual differences from ECMWF winds – Map of Differences from ECMWF – Rain effects – Overall westward bias in scatterometer winds – Ocean current effects Conclusions 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 2

3 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Current Status of QuikSCAT QuikSCAT stopped spinning on November 23, 2009 Since then we have obtained single azimuth data from a variety of incidence angles and polarizations. Data will be used to – Develop geophysical model functions for OceanSAT-2 – Calibrate cryosphere products for OceanSAT-2 – Retrieve accurate wind speed profiles on a narrow (30 km) swath with global coverage once per month. Start DateEnd DatePolarizationIncidence Angle (deg) 16 March 201014 April 2010Vertical co-pol54 15 July 20101 Sept 2010Vertical co-pol59 1 Sept 20104 March 2011Horizontal co-pol50 4 March 20109 June 2011Vertical co-pol59 9 June 201112 July 2011Vertical co-pol54 12 July 2011presentHorizontal co-pol46 This is what we are discussing today. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 3

4 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Current Status of QuikSCAT The two primary purposes of this talk are to – Compare the spectra of the nonspinning wind data with that of the spinning wind data to quantify the resolution and noise characteristics of each data set. – Compare the relatively noise-free non-spinning winds to ECWMF winds, SSM/I rain rate, and OSCAR current information in order to better quantify the differences between scatterometer and NWP winds and to demonstrate the utility of the data set. We have concentrated on the June-July 2011 data, because it has the same incidence angle and polarization as the nominal QuikSCAT outer beam and thus we can use the same GMF to retrieve winds and more readily compare the spinning and nonspinning data sets. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 4

5 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Single Look Wind Retrieval Method Step 1: Average 50 consecutive footprint (egg) measurements to produce a ~ 30 km by 30 km backscatter measurement. – Slice processing is not done because it would require extensive recalibration and accurate attitude knowledge. – Footprints move 3.8 km on ground during averaging. Step 2: Determine co-located ECMWF direction and thus relative azimuth. Step 3: Assuming ECMWF direction is correct, invert geophysical model function (GMF) to obtain retrieved speed. – Use Remote Sensing Systems Ku2011 GMF, (Ricciardulli and Wentz) Step 4: Co-locate SSM/I rain rate measurements for use in rain flagging. – 26% of wind vector observations within 30 minutes of a SSM/I co-location. – 58% with 90 minutes 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 5

6 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Comparison of Spinning and Non-Spinning Wind Profiles Here we compare a 1000-km long non- spinning wind speed profile (bottom) with a similar profile (top) obtained when QuikSCAT was spinning. Both profiles are compared with co- located ECWMF and SSM/I wind speeds. Rainy data is omitted. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 6

7 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Spectra Comparison Non-spinning QuikSCAT data is compared with – ECMWF (much lower energy at meso-scales) – Spinning QuiKSCAT data obtained from slices binned in 12.5 km by 12.5 km cells. Factor of two better resolution than non-spinning data which uses whole footprints rather than slices. 2 orders of magnitude more instrument noise than non-spinning data. An analytical spectrum is produced assuming a k -2 slope with added white noise and a low pass filter representing the typical resolution of the backscatter measurements used in the retrievals. – The analytical spectra for the spinning and nonspinning QuikSCAT wind speeds are consistent with the observed spectra. Nonspinning Spectra were computed using data from the month of June 2011. Spinning QuikSCAT spectra were computed using a full year (2008) of wind data. Wind speed spectra are computed for four different spatial regions. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 7

8 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Equations for Analytical Spectra Half power contour FWHM Gaussian filter models antenna spatial response A = constant scale factor used to match the observed magnitude of the spectra Analytical Spectrum S(k) 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 8

9 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Spectra by region Freilich and Chelton, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1986 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 9

10 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 10

11 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Spectra of regions 3 and 4 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 11

12 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Results from Spectra Study Noise floor for non-spinning data is ~ 2 orders of magnitude lower than for spinning data. The non-spinning wind speed spectrum (red ) is consistent with a spectrum (black solid curve) with 30-km measurement resolution and k -2 slope. The noise in the new 12.5 km JPL reprocessing (cyan) of the nominal (spinning) QuikSCAT data is less than that of the current (blue) JPL data set. The spinning wind speed spectrum (cyan ) is consistent with a spectrum (black dashed curve) with 15-km measurement resolution and k -2 slope. The spectra of the non-spinning wind speeds (red) are similar to the spectra of the backscatter (green). Interesting Observation: There is excess energy in all the observed spectra at 80-km scale for regions 2 and 3 as compared to regions 1 and 4. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 12

13 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Map of Difference of Non-Spinning Wind Speeds from ECWMF Speed Bias (Non-spinning QuikSCAT – ECMWF m/s) Standard Deviation of Difference (m/s) The speed bias (top) of the non-spinning QuikSCAT speeds w.r.t. ECMWF winds shows prominent discontinuities around + or – 40 deg latitude and features of rain. The standard deviation (bottom) of the difference also shows the effect of rain. All data was included in these plots. No rain flagging was applied. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 13

14 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Rain Effects on Retrieved Winds 0.0 1.5 3.0 mm/hr The top panel shows the average SSM/I rain rate from http://www.ssmi.com for the month of June 2010. http://www.ssmi.com The standard deviation of the difference between QuikSCAT non- spinning wind speeds and ECMWF wind speeds is highly correlated with rain. Standard Deviation of Wind Speed Difference form ECMWF, June 2011 SSM/I Rain Rate, June 2010 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 14

15 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Overall Westward Bias The prominent latitudinal discontinuity in the wind speed bias (top) is due to a 0.3 m/s westward bias in the zonal component of the scatterometer winds w.r.t the ECMWF winds that has been observed for multiple scatterometers (Hristova and Rodriguez). The middle panel shows the residual bias when 0.3 m/s is added to the zonal component of the QuikSCAT winds. The bottom panel is the average zonal winds. Note the sign change between the tropics and the high latitudes. This sign change is why a constant offset in zonal winds yields a speed reduction in high latitudes and a speed increase in the tropics. Speed Bias (QuikSCAT –ECMWF m/s) Zonal Component of QuikSCAT non-spinning winds (m/s) 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 15 Residual Speed Bias with 0.3 m/s Westward Bias Removed

16 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Overall Westward Bias Speed Bias (QuikSCAT –ECMWF m/s) with 0.3 m/s Eastward Bias removed 0.0 1.5 3.0 mm/hr SSM/I Rain Rate, June 2010 After the 0.3 m/s westward bias is removed from the QuikSCAT winds, the remaining bias is highly correlated with the distribution of rain. Arguably, the “westward scatterometer bias” is actually an eastward ECMWF bias (Hristova and Rodriguez). 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 16

17 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Ocean Current Effects OSCAR monthly average current June 2011 (m/s)After omitting wind vectors that are co- located with nonzero SSM/I rain rates (within 30 minutes), we compared the residual differences from ECMWF with OSCAR ocean currents. The residual differences when binned by OSCAR ocean current speed are consistent with the root sum square of a nominal ECMWF error (1 m/s) and the OSCAR current. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 17

18 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat Conclusions Because QuikSCAT stopped spinning, nominal operation ceased in November 2009. The current non-spinning state of QuikSCAT – limits global coverage to once a month; – disallows wind direction determination due to single azimuth looks; – makes rain detection difficult due to single polarization availability. Nonetheless, the currently acquired data has a unique feature. – Due to the large number of looks, non-spinning QuikSCAT winds have negligibly small errors due to instrument noise. Nonspinning QuikSCAT winds can be useful for – analyzing the differences between scatterometer winds and numerical wind products. – detecting small effects on sigma-0 that are harder to observe under higher noise conditions. – monitoring long term trends in 6:00 AM / 6:00 PM local time wind speeds. 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 18

19 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology QuikScat References Ricciardulli and Wentz, (Ku2011 Ku-band Geophysical Model Function) manuscript in preparation, technical report on http://www.ssmi.com Hristova-Veleva, S. M., and E. Rodriguez, 2010: “SST- Induced Surface Wind Response: Comparison of QuikSCAT and ASCAT depiction of the phenomenon”, OVWST meeting, Barcelona, Spain, May 2010 2011/07/28 IGARSS 2011 QuikSCAT Nonspinning Winds 19

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