The Winds and Currents Mission Concept

Ernesto Rodríguez; Mark Bourassa; Dudley Chelton; J. Thomas Farrar; David Long; Dragana Perkovic-Martin; Roger Samelson

doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00438

Frontiers in Marine Science (Jul 2019)

The Winds and Currents Mission Concept

Ernesto Rodríguez,
Mark Bourassa,
Dudley Chelton,
J. Thomas Farrar,
David Long,
Dragana Perkovic-Martin,
Roger Samelson

Affiliations

Ernesto Rodríguez: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Mark Bourassa: EOAS & COAPS, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Dudley Chelton: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
J. Thomas Farrar: Upper Ocean Processes Group, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
David Long: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
Dragana Perkovic-Martin: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Roger Samelson: College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00438
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6

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The Winds and Currents Mission (WaCM) is a proposed approach to meet the need identified by the NRC Decadal Survey for the simultaneous measurements of ocean vector winds and currents. WaCM features a Ka-band pencil-beam Doppler scatterometer able to map ocean winds and currents globally. We review the principles behind the WaCM measurement and the requirements driving the mission. We then present an overview of the WaCM observatory and tie its capabilities to other OceanObs reviews and measurement approaches.

Published in Frontiers in Marine Science

ISSN: 2296-7745 (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science

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