Laboratory measurements show that the spectra of capillary waves grow with wind speed over six orders of magnitude. The scatter in the data can be partially understood and predicted from a combination of turbulence theory, radar theory, and the small sample theory of statistical inference. When these results are applied to a prediction of the sea return values to be obtained by S193 on Skylab, it can be shown that the size of the illuminated patch effectively averages out the horizontal scales of gustiness, so that the measurement will correspond to the synoptic scale wind.


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    Title :

    The extrapolation of laboratory and aircraft radar sea return data to spacecraft altitudes


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    Publication date :

    1972-01-21


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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