Why an enhanced resolution product?
Though originally developed for wind retrieval over the ocean, scatterometer data has proven very useful in studies of land and ice (e.g., Long and Drinkwater, 1999). However, its low resolution can limit its utility. This limitation can be amerliorated by the use of resolution enhancement algorithms. BYU has developed a standard suite of products that, while not applicable to every study, can have wide application to a variety of studies of land, vegetation, and ice. What are the available products? Enhanced resolution products are available on a daily basis in the polar regions and less frequently gobally. The “standard” image set consists of both SIRF-generated enhanced resolution backscatter images, as well as non-enhanced images and a number of auxiliary data images. What is the resolution of the images? The pixel resolution varies for different sensors. For ERS-1/2, it is 8.9 km while for SASS and NSCAT it is 4.45 km/pixel. For QuikSCAT and SeaWinds the pixel is about 4.45 km/pix
