PBL Modeling
Scatterometry
Rolls
  • Jones,W.L., et al. 1981:  Evaluation of the SEASAT wind scatterometer. Nature, Vol. 294, 5843, pp 704-707.  w/ D.H. Boggs, E.M. Bracalente, R.A. Brown, T.H. Guymer, D. Shelton and L.C. Schroeder
  • Jones, L. et. al. 1982: The SEASAT-A Satellite Scatterometer: The Geophysical Evaluation of Remotely Sensed Wind Vector.  J. Geophys. Res. , 87, C3, 3297-3317
  • Brown R. A., et al. 1982: Surface Wind Analyses for SEASAT. J. of Geophys. Res., 87, C3, 3355-3364
  • Brown R. A., 1983: The Scatterometer as an Anemometer. J. Geophys. Res., 88, C3, 1663-1673
  • Beal, D. R.,  R. Atlas, R.A. Brown, P. DeMey, R.K. Moore, C. Rapley & C. Swift, 1986: Problems and Future Directions in Remote Sensing of Oceans and the Troposphere; A Workshop Report, J. Geophys. Res., Oceans, 91, C2, pp 2221-2232
  • Brown R. A., & G. Levy, 1986: Ocean Surface Pressure Fields from Satellite Sensed Winds, (R.A. Brown and G. Levy), Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, pp 2197-2206
  • Brown R. A., 1986: A Simple Objective Analysis Scheme for Scatterometer Data, (G. Levy and R.A. Brown), J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 91. C4. 5153-5158
  • Brown R. A., 1986: Satellite Scatterometer Capabilities in Air-Sea Interaction: Review of the Status and the Possibilities, J. Geophys. Res., Oceans, 91, No. C2, Pages 2221-2232
  • Brown R. A., & G. Levy, 1990: On Scatterometer Wind Fields Used to Produce Weather Maps, Preprint of AMS Conference on Satellite Meteorology & Oceanography, London, England, Sept. 3-7
  • Brown R. A., 1990: Surface Fluxes in Air-Sea Interaction and Remote Sensing, Chapter 2 in Surface Waves and Fluxes: Current Theory, Eds. G.L. Geernaert and W.J. Plant, Kluwer Academic Pub., Dordrecht, 372pp
  • Brown R. A., 1990: The Scatterometer: Data and Applications, Chapter 4 in Microwave Remote Sensing for Oceanographic and Marine Weather-Forecast Models, Ed. R.A. Vaughan, 99-123, Kluwer Academic Pub., 406pp,
  • Brown R. A., 1990: 'Weather from Space', Oceans'90 Conference Proceedings,  IEEE, pp187-192
  • Katsaros,K & R.A. Brown, 1991: Legacy of the Seasat Mission for Studies of the Atmosphere and Air-Sea-Ice Interactions, Bulletin AMS, 72, 7, 967-981
  • Levy & R.A. Brown, 1991: Southern Hemisphere synoptic weather from a satellite scatterometer,  Monthly Weather Review, 119, 2803-2813
  • Long, D. G. and Mendel, J. M., 1991:  "Identifiability in Wind Estimation From Scatterometer Measurements," IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp 268-276
  • Naderi, F. M., M. H. Freilich, and D. G. Long, 1991:  "Spaceborne radar measurement of wind velocity over the ocean-- An overview of the NSCAT scatterometer system," Proc. IEEE, v. 79, pp 850-866
  • Combettes, P .L. and Trussell, H. J.,  1991:  "The Use of Noise Properties in Set Theoretic Estimation," IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing Vol. 39, No. 7, pp 1630-1641.
  • Brown R. A., 1993:  'Air-Sea Interaction --- Fluxes'; Chapter in Satellite Remote Sensing of the Oceanic Environment, Ed. Ian Jones, Y. Sugimori & R.W. Stewart, Seibutsu Kenkyusha Co., Ltd., 528 pp
  • Brown R. A.,, 1993:  'Scatterometer Observations --- Review'; Chapter in Satellite Remote Sensing of the Oceanic Environment, Ed. Ian Jones, Y. Sugimori & R.W. Stewart, Seibutsu Kenkyusha Co., Ltd. 528 pp
  • Weissman, David, W.L. Jones, R.A. Brown & V. Delnore, 1993:  The application of airborne scatterometer measurements to the development of a Ku-band model function for wind speed and stress, OCEANS 92 Proceedings, October 26-29, 6pp
  • Combettes, P .L., 1993:  "The Foundations of Set Theoretic Estimation," Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 81, No. 2, pp 182-208
  • Weissman, D.E. & R.A. Brown,  K.L. Davidson, C.A. Friehe and Fuk Li, 1994:  The Relationships Between the Microwave Radar Cross Section and both Wind Speed and Stress - Model Function Development Using FASINEX Data, J. Geophys. Res., 99, C5, 10,087-10,108
  • Brown R. A., & Lixin Zeng, 1994: Estimating Central Pressures of Oceanic Mid-latitude Cyclones, (R.A. Brown and Lixin Zeng) J. Applied Meteor., 33, 9, 1088-1095
  • Brown R. A., 1997: 'Remote Sensing microwave Radars in Storms Analyses', Proceedings Amer. Geophys. Soc. Annual meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 26-30
  • Dickinson, Suzanne & R.A. Brown 1997: 'Using SSMI/WETNET and ERS-1 data to analyze mid-latitude storms systems',  J. Applied Meteor., 35, No. 6, 769-781.
  • Brown R. A., 1997; 'Pacific Storms from Remote Sensing', Proceedings of AMS Annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ,  Jan.
  • Brown R. A., 1998: Remote Sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites, R.A. Brown, Editor, Earth Ocean & Space PTY LTD, New South Wales, Aust., Southwood Press Pty Limited, Marrickville Australia, pp. 454
  • Brown R. A., 1998: 'Introduction', p7-12; 'Scatterometry', p67-68, Sections in Remote Sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites; Ed. R.A. Brown, Southwood Press Pty Limited, Marrickville Australia, pp. 454
  • Levy, Gad and R.A. Brown, 1998: 'Roll Signature in SAR Satellite Data', pp 128-134, Chapter in Remote sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites, Ed R.A. Brown, Southwood Press Pty Limited, Marrickville Australia, pp. 454
  • Brown R. A., 1998: Global High Wind Deficiency in Modeling, Chapter in Remote sensing of the Pacific Ocean by Satellites, p69-77, Southwood Press Pty Limited, Marrickville Australia, pp. 454
  • Brown R. A., 1998: Surface Pressures from Space, Proceedings, Amer. Geophys. Union Western Pacific Regional Meeting, Taiwan, July
  • Zeng, Lixin & R.A. Brown 1998:  On the Accuracy of Climatic Surface Winds,  J. Applied Meteor. 37, No. 11 p 1412-1420
  • Zeng, Lixin & R.A. Brown, 1998: Scatterometer Observations at High Wind Speeds,   J. Applied Meteor. 37, No. 11 p 1412-1420.
  • Drobinski, Phillipe, R.A. Brown, P.H. Flamant, & J. Pelon, 1998: Evidence of Organized Large Eddies by Ground-Based Doppler Lidar, Sonic Anemometer and Sodar, P. , Bound.-Layer Meteor., 88, 343-361.
  • Brown R. A., 1998:  Introduction;Selected PORSEC98 papers on remote sensing of the Pacific Ocean, Special Issue of J. Applied Mechanics and Space Technology (Japanese), guest Editor, R.A. Brown, 4,2.
  • Foster, Ralph, R.A. Brown and Amy Enloe, 1999: Baroclinic modification of mid-latitude marine surface wind vectors observed by the NASA scatterometer,  J. Geophys. Res., Oceans, 104. n 24, 31225-31235.
  • Flamant, C., J. Pelon, B. Brashers, and R. A. Brown, 1999: Evidence of a Mixed-Layer Dynamics Contribution to the Entrainment Process. , Bound.-Layer Meteor., 93, 47-73.
  • Brown, R.A., 2000: On Using Satellite Scatterometer, SAR and other Sensor Data and Serendipity, Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest,  (4 reviews) Vol. 21, #21, 21-26.
  • Brown, R.A. 2000: Subgrid Scale Dynamics; and Measurements and Remote Sensing, Chapters in Wind Stress Over the Ocean, 2000: Ed. I. Jones, R.A. Brown co-author with nine others, Australian Press, about 300 pp.
  • Brown, R.A., 2001: On Satellite Scatterometer Model functions,  J. Geophys. Res., Atmospheres  105 n23, 29,195-29,205.
  • Zeng, Lixin & R.A. Brown, 2001: Comparison of Planetary Boundary Layer Model Winds with Dropwindsonde Observations in Tropical Cyclones, J. Applied Meteor., 40, 10, 1718-1723 
  • Patoux, J. and R.A. Brown, 2001: Spectral Analysis of QuikSCAT Surface Winds and Two-Dimensional Turbulence, J. Geophys. Res., 106 nD20, 23,995-24,005.
  • Patoux, J. and R.A. Brown, 2001: A Scheme for Improving Scatterometer Surface Wind Fields, J. Geophys. Res., 106 nD20, 23,985-23,994.
  • Patoux, J. and R.A. Brown, 2002: A Gradient Wind Correction for Surface Pressure Fields Retrieved from Scatterometer Winds, J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 133-143. (Download PDF)
  • Brown, R.A., 2002: Scaling Effects in Remote Sensing Applications and the Case of Organized Large Eddies, Canadian Jn. Remote Sensing, 28, 340-345
  • Patoux, J. and R.A. Brown, 2003: Global Pressure Fields from Scatterometer Winds, J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 813-826. (Download PDF)
  • Patoux, J., 2003: Frontal Wave Development over the Southern Ocean, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Washington. (Download PDF)
  • Patoux, J., G.J. Hakim and R.A. Brown, 2005: Diagnosis of Frontal Instabilities over the Southern Ocean, Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 863-875. (Download PDF)