Space-borne radar observation of near-surface wind effect on anomalously highly-directional backscattering of radio waves from Aeolian processes of sand and dust transporting in desert regions

• Date: 2020
• Main Authors: Bychkov, Dmitro, Ivanov, Viktor, Matveyev, Aleksandr, Tsymbal, Valeriy, Yatsevich, Sergey
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scientific Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth Institute of Geological Science National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 2020
• Subjects: radar observation; anomalously highly-directional backscattering of radio waves; Aeolian transport of sand and dust; near-surface wind
• Online Access: https://ujrs.org.ua/ujrs/article/view/162
• Journal Title: Ukrainian Journal of Remote Sensing of the Earth

Aeolian process of sand and dust transporting is known to form the near-ground surface structures over vast territories and fill the atmosphere up with suspended aerosols-like dust particles which are spread then by winds over long distances. The presence of atmospheric dust in the planet's env...