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Research
Publications and Manuals on Scatterometry
This page lists most of the documents and papers published during the past years. The publications are subdivided into technical reports, papers, theses, and user manuals.

Some of this work is done in the context of the EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) and/or the Numerical Weather Prediction Satellite Application Facility (NWP SAF). See the related links.
Technical Reports
Vogelzang, J. and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT land correction, version 1.0
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/TN/384, EUMETSAT, 2022.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Advances in Ku-band scatterometer Quality Control, version 1.1
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/SCI/TN/404, EUMETSAT, 2021.
Complete text (pdf)
Verspeek, J., A. Verhoef and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT-C wind product calibration and validation version 1.3
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/RP/345, EUMETSAT, 2019.
Complete text (pdf)
Vogelzang, J., An improved 2DVAR batch grid
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/TN/339, EUMETSAT, 2019.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT wind validation report version 1.0
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/RP/326, EUMETSAT, 2018.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, ScatSat-1 wind validation report version 1.0
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/RP/324, EUMETSAT, 2018.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, Oceansat-2 L2 winds Data Record validation report version 1.1
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/RP/298, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, ERS L2 winds Data Record validation report version 1.1
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/278, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT L2 winds Data Record validation report version 1.2
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/239, EUMETSAT, 2016.
Complete text (pdf)
Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, Reprocessed SeaWinds L2 winds validation report version 1.4
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/221, EUMETSAT, 2016.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, RapidScat wind validation report version 1.1
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/228, EUMETSAT, 2015.
Complete text (pdf)
Verspeek, J. and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT-A backscatter anomalies in September and October 2014
ASCAT-A anomalies in September and October 2014, KNMI, 2015.
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Vogelzang, J., The orientation of SeaWinds wind vector cells 1.2
NWPSAF-KN-TR-003, EUMETSAT, 2014.
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Vogelzang, J. and A. Stoffelen, Estimation of background error correlation functions
NWPSAF-KN-TR-023, EUMETSAT, 2014.
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Stoffelen, A. et al., Research and Development in Europe on Global Application of the OceanSat-2 Scatterometer Winds
NWPSAF-KN-TR-022, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Validation of ASCAT 12.5-km winds, version 1.3
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/TEC/RP/147, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Validation of ASCAT coastal winds, version 1.5
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/TEC/RP/176, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Verspeek, J., A. Verhoef and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT-B NWP Ocean Calibration and Validation
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/199, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Verspeek, J., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, Calibration and Validation of ASCAT Winds, version 5.1
SAF/OSI/KNMI/TEC/TN/163, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Vogelzang, J., Two dimensional variational ambiguity removal 2DVAR), version 1.2
Technical report NWPSAF-KN-TR-004, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, OSCAT winds validation report version 1.0
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/196, EUMETSAT, 2012.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Quality Control of Ku-band scatterometer winds
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/RP/194, EUMETSAT, 2012.
Complete text (pdf)
Vogelzang, J. and A. Stoffelen, Triple collocation
NWPSAF-KN-TR-021, EUMETSAT, 2012.
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Verspeek, J., A. Verhoef and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT NWP Ocean Calibration
OSISAF, 2011.
Complete text (pdf)
Vogelzang, J., How to calculate wind spectra
NWPSAF-KN-TR-008, EUMETSAT, 2010.
Complete text (pdf)
Portabella, M., A. Verhoef and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT coastal AWDP prototype
NWPSAF-KN-VS-007, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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Verhoef, A., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen and H. Hersbach, CMOD5.n - the CMOD5 GMF for neutral winds
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/TEC/TN/165, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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Verhoef, A., M. Portabella and A. Stoffelen, Stability in SeaWinds Quality Control
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/TEC/RP/167, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, Validation of SeaWinds 25 km winds
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/TEC/RP/143, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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Vogelzang, J., A. Verhoef and A. Stoffelen, AWDP 1.0 validation, version 1.0
NWPSAF-KN-TR-020, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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Vogelzang, J., SDP 2.0 validation
NWPSAF-KN-TR-006, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, Development of a global scatterometer validation and monitoring
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/SCI/RP/141, EUMETSAT, 2007.
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Verspeek, J., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, Calibration and Validation of ASCAT Winds, version 2.1
SAF/OSI/KNMI/TEC/TN/163, EUMETSAT, 2007.
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Vogelzang, J., Validation of 2DVAR on SeaWinds data
Technical Report NWPSAF-KN-TR-005, EUMETSAT, 2007.
Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Ambiguity Removal using different background wind fields
SAF/OSI/KNMI/TEC/TN/091, EUMETSAT, 2006.
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Verspeek, J., Sea ice classification using Bayesian statistics
Sea ice classification using Bayesian statistics, KNMI, 2006.
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Vogelzang, J., On the quality of high resolution wind fields 1.2
NWPSAF-KN-TR-002, EUMETSAT, 2006.
Vries, J. de, A. Stoffelen and J. Beysens, Ambiguity Removal and Product Monitoring for SeaWinds, version 1.2
NWPSAF_KN_TR_001, EUMETSAT, 2005.
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Kloe, J. de, Optimisation of Rotating, Range-Gated Fanbeam Scatterometer for Wind Retrieval, task 2a report, GMF and wind field definition, and wind retrieval
ESA/ESTEC Contract No. 14383/00/NL/DC, 2003.
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Kloe, J. de and A. Stoffelen, Optimisation of Rotating, Range-Gated Fanbeam Scatterometer for Wind Retrieval, task 3a report, FoM definition and validation
ESA/ESTEC Contract No. 14383/00/NL/DC, 2003.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, A probabilistic approach for SeaWinds data assimilation: an improvement in the nadir region
NWPSAF-KN-VS-002, EUMETSAT, 2002.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, Quality Control and Wind Retrieval for SeaWinds
KNMI publication: WR-2002-01, Final report of the EUMETSAT QuikSCAT fellowship, 1/2002, pp125.
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Haan, S. de and A. Stoffelen, CMOD5
SAF/OSI/KNMI/TEC/TN/140, EUMETSAT, 2001.
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Haan, S. de and A. Stoffelen, Ice Discrimination using ERS scatterometer
SAF/OSI/KNMI/TEC/TN/120, EUMETSAT, 2001.
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Stoffelen, A., J. de Vries and A. Voorrips, Towards the Real-time use of QuikSCAT Winds
BCRS project report, 2001.
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Quilfen, Y., Variational Ambiguity Removal for the Scatterometer on-line Processing
OSI SAF WP24310, EUMETSAT, 2000.
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Stoffelen, A., A Generic Approach for Assimilating Scatterometer Observations
Presentation: ECMWF seminar, 2000, Reading, ECMWF (int.).
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Stoffelen, A., S. de Haan, Y. Quilfen and H. Schyberg, ERS Scatterometer Ambiguity Removal Scheme Comparison
DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3958.4648, EUMETSAT OSI SAF, 2000.
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Vries, J. de and A. Stoffelen, 2D Variational Ambiguity Removal
KNMI publication: TR-226, 2000.
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Figa, J. and A. Stoffelen, Towards an Improved Ku-Band Scatterometer Wind Product
EUMETSAT NSCAT Fellowship Final Report, KNMI, 1999.
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Voorrips, A., QuikSCAT progress report
Technical rapport: 1999, KNMI, 24p.
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Stoffelen, A., Simulation of the Wind Performance of ASCAT
OSI SAF, EUMETSAT, 1998.
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Papers
Grieco, G., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef, J. Vogelzang, A. Zanchetta and S. Zecchetto, Coastal wind retrievals from corrected QuikSCAT Normalized Radar Cross Sections
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024, 308, 114179, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2024.114179.
Ricciardulli, L., B. Howell et al., Remote Sensing and Analysis of Tropical Cyclones: Current and Emerging Satellite Sensors
Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2023, doi:10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.12.003.
Li, Z., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef, Z. Wang, J. Shang and H. Yin, Higher-order calibration on WindRAD (Wind Radar) scatterometer winds
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2023, 16, 20, 4769, doi:10.5194/amt-16-4769-2023.
Li, Z., A. Verhoef, A. Stoffelen, J. Shang and F. Dou, First Results from the WindRAD Scatterometer on Board FY-3E: Data Analysis, Calibration and Wind Retrieval Evaluation
Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 2087, doi:10.3390/rs15082087.
Zhao, K., A. Stoffelen, J. Verspeek, A. Verhoef and C. Zhao, A Conceptual Rain Effect Model for Ku-band Scatterometers
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2023, 61, 1, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2023.3264246.
Zhao, K., A. Stoffelen, J. Verspeek, A. Verhoef and C. Zhao, Bayesian Algorithm for Rain Detection in Ku-band Scatterometer Data
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2023, 61, 1, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2023.3264245.
Hauser, D., S. Abdalla, F. Ardhuin et al., Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Winds, Waves, and Currents: Where are we Now?
Surv. Geophys., 2023, doi:10.1007/s10712-023-09771-2.
Grieco, G., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef, J. Vogelzang and M. Portabella, Analysis of Data-Derived SeaWinds Normalized Radar Cross-Section Noise
Remote Sens., 2022, 14, 21, 5444, doi:10.3390/rs14215444.
Vogelzang, J. and A. Stoffelen, On the Accuracy and Consistency of Quintuple Collocation Analysis of In Situ, Scatterometer, and NWP Winds
Remote Sens., 2022, 14, 18, 4552, doi:10.3390/rs14184552.
Vogelzang, J., A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, The Effect of Error Non-Orthogonality on Triple Collocation Analyses
Remote Sens., 2022, 14, 17, 4268, doi:10.3390/rs14174268.
Li, Z., A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, Bayesian Sea Ice Detection Algorithm for CFOSAT
Remote Sens., 2022, 14, 15, 3569, doi:10.3390/rs14153569.
King, G., M. Portabella, W. Lin and A. Stoffelen, Correlating Extremes in Wind Divergence with Extremes in Rain over the Tropical Atlantic
Remote Sens., 2022, 14, 5, 1147, doi:10.3390/rs14051147.
Xu, X. and A. Stoffelen, Support vector machine tropical wind speed retrieval in the presence of rain for Ku-band wind scatterometry
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2021, 14, 7435-7451, doi:10.5194/amt-14-7435-2021.
Li, Z., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef and J. Verspeek, Numerical Weather Prediction Ocean Calibration for the Chinese-French Oceanography Satellite Wind Scatterometer and Wind Retrieval Evaluation
Earth and Space Science, 2021, 8, 10, doi:10.1029/2020EA001606.
Xu, X. and A. Stoffelen, A Further Evaluation of the Quality Indicator Joss for Ku-Band Wind Scatterometry in Tropical Regions
2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, 2021, 7299-7302, doi:10.1109/IGARSS47720.2021.9553442.
Ni, W., A. Stoffelen and K. Ren, Hurricane eye morphology extraction from SAR images by texture analysis
Front. Earth Sci. 2021, doi:10.1007/s11707-021-0886-9.
Wang, Z., J. Zou, A. Stoffelen, W. Lin, A. Verhoef, X Li, Y. He, Y. Zhang, and M. Lin, Scatterometer Sea Surface Wind Product Validation for HY-2C
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2021, 14, 6156-6164, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3087742.
Xu, X., A. Stoffelen, W. Lin and X. Dong, Rain False-Alarm-Rate Reduction for CSCAT
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2020, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2020.3039622.
Wang, Z., A. Stoffelen, J. Zou, W. Lin, A. Verhoef, Y. Zhang, Y. He, and M. Lin, Validation of New Sea Surface Wind Products From Scatterometers Onboard the HY-2B and MetOp-C Satellites
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020, 58, 6, 4387-4394, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2963690.
Xu, X. and A. Stoffelen, Improved Rain Screening for Ku-Band Wind Scatterometry
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020, 58, 4, 2494-2503, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2951726.
English, S., C. Prigent, B. Johnson, S. Yueh, E. Dinnat, J. Boutin, S. Newman, M. Anguelova, T. Meissner, M. Kazumori, F. Weng, A. Supply, L. Kilic, M. Bettenhausen, A. Stoffelen and C. Accadia, Reference-Quality Emission and Backscatter Modeling for the Ocean
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2020, 101, E1593-E1601, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0085.1.
Xu, X., A. Stoffelen and J. F. Meirink, Comparison of Ocean Surface Rain Rates From the Global Precipitation Mission and the Meteosat Second-Generation Satellite for Wind Scatterometer Quality Control
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2020, 13, 2173-2182, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2995178.
Trindade, A., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen, W. Lin and A. Verhoef, ERAstar: A High-Resolution Ocean Forcing Product
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020, 58, 2, 1337-1347, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2019.2946019.
Wang, Z., Stoffelen, A., Zhang, B., He, Y., Lin, W., Li, X., Inconsistencies in scatterometer wind products based on ASCAT and OSCAT-2 collocations
Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019, 225, 207-216, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.005.
Belmonte Rivas, M. and A. Stoffelen, Characterizing ERA-Interim and ERA5 surface wind biases using ASCAT
Ocean Sci. 2019, 15 (3), 831-852, doi:10.5194/os-15-831-2019.
Belmonte Rivas, M., I. Otosaka, A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, A scatterometer record of sea ice extents and backscatter: 1992-2016
The Cryosphere, 12, 2018, 2941-2953, doi:10.5194/tc-12-2941-2018.
De Kloe, J., A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, Improved Use of Scatterometer Measurements by Using Stress-Equivalent Reference Winds
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2340-2347, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2685242.
Belmonte Rivas, M., A. Stoffelen, J. Verspeek, A. Verhoef, X. Neyt and C. Anderson, Cone Metrics: A New Tool for the Intercomparison of Scatterometer Records
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2195-2204, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2647842.
Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, Long-Term Scatterometer Wind Climate Data Records
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2186-2194, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2615873.
Lin, W., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, Toward an Improved Wind Inversion Algorithm for RapidScat
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2156-2164, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2616889.
Wang, Z. et al., SST Dependence of Ku- and C-Band Backscatter Measurements
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2135-2146, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2016.2600749.
Stoffelen, A., J. Verspeek, J. Vogelzang and A. Verhoef, The CMOD7 Geophysical Model Function for ASCAT and ERS Wind Retrievals
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2123-2134, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2681806.
Stoffelen, A. et al., Scientific Developments and the EPS-SG Scatterometer
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth O, 2017, 10, 5, 2086-2097, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2017.2696424.
Lin, W., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef and A. Turiel, ASCAT Wind Quality Control Near Rain
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2015, 53, 8, 4165-4177, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2015.2392372.
Lin, W., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen, J. Vogelzang and A. Verhoef, ASCAT wind quality under high subcell wind variability conditions
J. Geophys. Res., 2015, 120, 8, 5804-5819, doi:10.1002/2015JC010861.
Vogelzang, J., G.P. King and A. Stoffelen, Spatial variances of wind fields: their sensitivity to sampling strategy and their relation to second-order structure functions and spectra
J. Geophys. Res., 2015, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JC010239.
Belmonte-Rivas, M., A. Stoffelen and G.J. van Zadelhoff, The Benefit of HH and VH Polarizations in Retrieving Extreme Wind Speeds for an ASCAT-Type Scatterometer
IEEE Gosci. Remote Sensing Letters, 2014, 52, 7, 4273-4280, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2013.2280876.
King, G., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, Second-order structure function analysis of scatterometer winds over the Tropical Pacific
J. Geophys. Res., 2014, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JC009992.
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King, G., J. Vogelzang and A. Stoffelen, Upscale and downscale energy transfer over the tropical Pacific revealed by scatterometer winds
J. Geophys. Res., 2014, 120, doi:10.1002/2014JC009993.
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Lin, W., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen, A. Turiel and A. Verhoef, Rain Identification in ASCAT Winds Using Singularity Analysis
IEEE Gosci. Remote Sensing Letters, 2014, 11, 9, 1519-1523, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2014.2298095.
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McColl, K.A., J. Vogelzang, A.G. Konings, D. Entekhabi, M. Piles and A. Stoffelen, Extended triple collocation: estimating errors and correlation coefficients with respect to an unknown target
Geophys. Res. Lett., 2014, 41, 6229-6236, doi:10.1002/2014GL061322.
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Zadelhoff, G.J. van, A. Stoffelen, P.W. Vachon, J. Wolfe, J. Horstmann and M. Belmonte-Rivas, Retrieving hurricane wind speeds using cross-polarization C-band measurements
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2014, 7, 473-449, doi:10.5194/amt-7-437-2014.
Lin, W., M. Portabella, A. Stoffelen and A. Verhoef, On the characteristics of ASCAT wind direction ambiguities
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2013, 6, 1053-1060, doi:10.5194/amt-6-1053-2013.
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Anderson, C., J. Figa, H. Bonekamp, J. Wilson, J. Verspeek, A. Stoffelen and M. Portabella, Validation of Backscatter Measurements from the Advanced Scatterometer on MetOp-A
J. Atm. Oceanic Technol., 2012, 29, 77-88, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00020.1.
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Belmonte, M., J. Verspeek, A. Verhoef and A. Stoffelen, Bayesian sea ice detection with the Advanced Scatterometer
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2012, 50, 7, 2649-2657, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2182356.
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Lin, C.C., M. Betto, M. Belmonte-Rivas, A. Stoffelen and J. de Kloe, EPS-SG Windscatterometer Concept Tradeoffs and Wind Retrieval Performance Assessment
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2012, 50, 7, 2458-2472, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2180393.
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Portabella, M., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef and J. Verspeek, A new method for improving ASCAT wind quality control
IEEE Gosci. Remote Sensing Letters, 2012, 9, 4, 579-583, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2011.2175435.
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Verhoef, A., M. Portabella and A. Stoffelen, High-resolution ASCAT scatterometer winds near the coast
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2012, 50, 7, 2481-2487, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2175001.
Verspeek, J., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef and M. Portabella, Improved ASCAT Wind Retrieval Using NWP Ocean Calibration
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2012, 50, 7, 2488-2494, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2180730.
Vogelzang, J. and A. Stoffelen, NWP Model Error Structure Functions obtained from Scatterometer Winds
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2012, 50, 7, 2525-2533, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2168407.
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Vogelzang, J., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef and J. Figa Saldana, On the quality of high-resolution scatterometer winds
J. Geophys. Res., 2011, 116, C10033, doi:10.1029/2010JC006640.
Belmonte Rivas, M. and A. Stoffelen, New Bayesian algorithm for sea ice detection with QuikSCAT
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2011, 49, 6, 1894-1901, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2010.2101608.
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Verspeek, J., A. Stoffelen, M. Portabella, H. Bonekamp, C. Anderson and J. Figa, Validation and calibration of ASCAT using CMOD5.n
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2010, 48, 1, 386-395, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2009.2027896.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, On Scatterometer Ocean Stress
J. Atm. Oceanic Technol., 2009, 26, 2, 368-382, doi:10.1175/2008JTECHO578.1.
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Vogelzang, J., A. Stoffelen, A. Verhoef, J. de Vries and H. Bonekamp, Validation of two-dimensional variational ambiguity removal on SeaWinds scatterometer data
J. Atm. Oceanic Technol., 7, 2009, 26, 1229-1245, doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1232.1.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, Scatterometer backscatter uncertainty due to wind variability
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2006, 44, 11, 3356-3362, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2006.877952.
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Stoffelen, A. and M. Portabella, On Bayesian Scatterometer Wind Inversion
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2006, 44, 6, 1523-1533, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2005.862502.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, A probabilistic approach for SeaWinds data assimilation
Quart. J. Royal Meteor. Soc., 2004, 130, 596, 127-159, doi:10.1256/qj.02.205.
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Figa-Saldana, J., J.J.W. Wilson, E. Attema, R. Gelsthorpe, M.R. Drinkwater and A. Stoffelen, The advanced scatterometer (ASCAT) on the meteorological operational (MetOp) platform: A follow on for the European wind scatterometers
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2002, 28, 3, 404-412.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, A comparison of KNMI Quality Control and JPL Rain Flag for SeaWinds
Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 2002, 28, 3, 424-430, doi:10.5589/m02-040.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, Characterization of Residual Information for SeaWinds Quality Control
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2002, 40, 12, 2747-2759, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2002.807750.
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Portabella, M. and A. Stoffelen, Rain Detection and Quality Control of SeaWinds
J. Atm. Oceanic Technol., 2001, 18, 7, 1171-1183, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<1171:RDAQCO>2.0.CO;2.
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Figa, J. and A. Stoffelen, On the Assimilation of Ku-Band Scatterometer Winds for Weather Analysis and Forecasting
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2000, 38, 4, 1893-1902.
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Theses
Fois, F., Enhanced Ocean Scatterometry
Thesis: Technische Universiteit Delft, 2015, Delft, 195p.
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Portabella, M., Wind field retrieval from satellite radar systems
Thesis: University of Barcelona, 2002, Barcelona, Spain, 207p.
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Stoffelen, A., Scatterometry
Thesis: Universiteit Utrecht, 1998.
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User manuals
Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, PenWP Product Specification version 4.0
NWPSAF-KN-DS-002, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, PenWP Top Level Design version 4.0
NWPSAF-KN-DS-001, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, PenWP User Manual and Reference Guide version 4.0
NWPSAF-KN-UD-009, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Stoffelen, A. and J. Vogelzang, Wind Bias Correction Guide, version 1.5
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/SCI/GUI/390, NWPSAF-KN-UD-007, EUMETSAT, 2021.
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Stoffelen, A., J. Vogelzang and G.J. Marseille, High-resolution wind data assimilation guide, version 1.3
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/SCI/GUI/388, NWPSAF-KN-UD-008, EUMETSAT, 2020.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document for the OSI SAF wind products version 2.2
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/SCI/MA/197, EUMETSAT, 2024.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT Wind Product User Manual version 1.16
SAF/OSI/CDOP/KNMI/TEC/MA/126, EUMETSAT, 2019.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, ScatSat-1 wind Product User Manual version 1.3
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/MA/287, EUMETSAT, 2018.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, AWDP Product Specification version 3.1
NWPSAF-KN-DS-003, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, AWDP Top Level Design version 3.1
NWPSAF-KN-DS-004, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A., J. Vogelzang, J. Verspeek and A. Stoffelen, AWDP User Manual and Reference Guide, version 3.1
NWPSAF-KN-UD-005, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef and Stoffelen, Oceansat-2 L2 winds Data Record Product User Manual version 1.1
SAF/OSI/CDOP3/KNMI/TEC/MA/297, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, ERS L2 winds Data Record Product User Manual version 1.1
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/MA/279, EUMETSAT, 2017.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, ASCAT L2 winds Data Record Product User Manual version 1.2
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/MA/238, EUMETSAT, 2016.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, RapidScat wind Product User Manual version 1.2
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/MA/227, EUMETSAT, 2016.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Reprocessed SeaWinds L2 winds Product User Manual version 1.4
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/MA/220, EUMETSAT, 2016.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, Oceansat-2 Wind Product User Manual version 1.3
SAF/OSI/CDOP2/KNMI/TEC/MA/140, EUMETSAT, 2013.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, SeaWinds Product User Manual version 1.6
SAF/OSI/KNMI/TEC/MA/134, EUMETSAT, 2009.
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Verhoef, A. and A. Stoffelen, ERS Scatterometer Product User Manual version 1.6
KNMI-publicatie ; 212f, EUMETSAT, 2008.
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