Y-Configured Three-Beam Doppler Navigation System as a Sea Wind Sensor

Abstract

A conceptual approach for the sea-surface wind retrieval by the Doppler navigation system (DNS) operated as a three-beam scatterometer is considered. DNS has a track-stabilized antenna with three Y-configured beams. The applicability of the proposed approach and associated errors of the sea wind recovery are estimated with the help of Monte Carlo computational simulations.