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Final Comments on QuikSCAT
•Interpretation of
remotely sensed imagery requires
understanding what you are seeing.
•Choice of
wavelengths & view angle decides backscatter
signal.
•Major error
sources
–Heavy rain:
scatterometers are confused by the disturbed surface
–Low view angle:
poor retrieval of wind vector
•Look for colored
rain flag or too many vectors parallel to
swath direction
