180
Tasked flight hours (~20 flights) for production SFMR
~190 Research
flight hours on N43 and N42 (IFEX/RAINEX + Ocean Winds)
Need
for field calibration procedure identified and executed
Low wind,
high rainrate problem identified: an issue for Arlene, Cindy, Gert,
Irene calibration flights
High
ÔbiasÕ identified from sonde analysis
SFMR
algorithm extended to extreme winds: ² 80 m/s-
Quadratic
relation between surface emissivity and wind speed replaced with
low wind quadratic plus high wind linear fit.