@article{AsgarimehrWickertReich2018, author = {Asgarimehr, Milad and Wickert, Jens and Reich, Sebastian}, title = {TDS-1 GNSS Reflectometry}, series = {IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing}, volume = {11}, journal = {IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing}, number = {11}, publisher = {Inst. of Electr. and Electronics Engineers}, address = {Piscataway}, issn = {1939-1404}, doi = {10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2873241}, pages = {4534 -- 4541}, year = {2018}, abstract = {This study presents the development and a systematic evaluation study of GNSS reflectometry wind speeds. After establishing a wind speed retrieval algorithm, UK TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) derived winds, from May 2015 to July 2017, are compared to the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT). ERA-Interim wind fields of the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and in situ observation from Tropical Atmosphere Ocean buoy array in the Pacific are taken as reference. One-year averaged TDS-1 global winds demonstrate small differences with ECMWF in a majority of areas as well as discuss under- and overestimations. The pioneering TDS-1 winds demonstrate a root-mean-squared error (RMSE) and bias of 2.77 and -0.33 m/s, which are comparable to the RMSE and bias derived by ASCAT winds, as large as 2.31 and 0.25 m/s, respectively. Using buoys measurements as reference, RMSE and bias of 2.23 and -0.03 m/s for TDS-1 as well as 1.40 and -0.68 m/s for ASCAT are obtained. Utilizing rain microwave-infrared estimates of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, rain-affected observation of both ASCAT and TDS-1 are collected and evaluated. Although ASCAT winds show a significant performance degradation resulting in an RMSE and bias of 3.16 and 1.03 m/s, respectively, during rain condition, TDS-1 shows a more reliable performance with an RMSE and bias of 2.94 and -0.21 m/s, respectively, which indicates the promising capability of GNSS forward scattering for wind retrievals during rain. A decrease in TDS-1-derived bistatic radar cross sections during rain events, at weak winds, is also demonstrated.}, language = {en} } @article{AsgarimehrZavorotnyWickertetal.2018, author = {Asgarimehr, Milad and Zavorotny, Valery and Wickert, Jens and Reich, Sebastian}, title = {Can GNSS Reflectometry Detect Precipitation Over Oceans?}, series = {Geophysical research letters}, volume = {45}, journal = {Geophysical research letters}, number = {22}, publisher = {American Geophysical Union}, address = {Washington}, issn = {0094-8276}, doi = {10.1029/2018GL079708}, pages = {12585 -- 12592}, year = {2018}, abstract = {For the first time, a rain signature in Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) observations is demonstrated. Based on the argument that the forward quasi-specular scattering relies upon surface gravity waves with lengths larger than several wavelengths of the reflected signal, a commonly made conclusion is that the scatterometric GNSS-R measurements are not sensitive to the surface small-scale roughness generated by raindrops impinging on the ocean surface. On the contrary, this study presents an evidence that the bistatic radar cross section sigma(0) derived from TechDemoSat-1 data is reduced due to rain at weak winds, lower than approximate to 6 m/s. The decrease is as large as approximate to 0.7 dB at the wind speed of 3 m/s due to a precipitation of 0-2 mm/hr. The simulations based on the recently published scattering theory provide a plausible explanation for this phenomenon which potentially enables the GNSS-R technique to detect precipitation over oceans at low winds.}, language = {en} } @article{deWiljesReichStannat2018, author = {de Wiljes, Jana and Reich, Sebastian and Stannat, Wilhelm}, title = {Long-Time stability and accuracy of the ensemble Kalman-Bucy Filter for fully observed processes and small measurement noise}, series = {SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems}, volume = {17}, journal = {SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems}, number = {2}, publisher = {Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics}, address = {Philadelphia}, issn = {1536-0040}, doi = {10.1137/17M1119056}, pages = {1152 -- 1181}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The ensemble Kalman filter has become a popular data assimilation technique in the geosciences. However, little is known theoretically about its long term stability and accuracy. In this paper, we investigate the behavior of an ensemble Kalman-Bucy filter applied to continuous-time filtering problems. We derive mean field limiting equations as the ensemble size goes to infinity as well as uniform-in-time accuracy and stability results for finite ensemble sizes. The later results require that the process is fully observed and that the measurement noise is small. We also demonstrate that our ensemble Kalman-Bucy filter is consistent with the classic Kalman-Bucy filter for linear systems and Gaussian processes. We finally verify our theoretical findings for the Lorenz-63 system.}, language = {en} }