A GNSS-R Geophysical Model Function: Machine Learning for Wind Speed Retrievals

Asgarimehr, Milad; Zhelavskaya, Irina; Foti, G.; Reich, S.; Wickert, J.

doi:10.1109/LGRS.2019.2948566

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A GNSS-R Geophysical Model Function: Machine Learning for Wind Speed Retrievals

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Asgarimehr, Milad
1.1 Space Geodetic Techniques, 1.0 Geodesy, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Zhelavskaya, Irina
2.8 Magnetospheric Physics, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Foti, G.
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Reich, S.
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Wickert, J.
1.1 Space Geodetic Techniques, 1.0 Geodesy, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Asgarimehr, M., Zhelavskaya, I., Foti, G., Reich, S., Wickert, J. (2020): A GNSS-R Geophysical Model Function: Machine Learning for Wind Speed Retrievals. - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 17, 8, 1333-1337.
https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2019.2948566

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A machine learning technique is implemented for retrieving space-borne Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) wind speed. Conventional approaches commonly fit a function in a predefined form to matchup data in a least-squares (LS) sense, mapping GNSS-R observations to wind speed. In this study, a feedforward neural network is trained for TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) wind speed inversion. The input variables, along with the derived bistatic radar cross-section $σ⁰, are selected after investigating the wind speed dependence and the model performance. When compared to an LS-based approach, the derived model shows a significant improvement of 20% in the root mean square error (RMSE). The proposed neural network demonstrates an ability to model a variety of effects degrading the retrieval accuracy such as the different levels of the effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) of GPS satellites. For example, the derived Mean Absolute Error (MAE) of the satellite with SVN 34 is decreased by 32% using the machine-learning-based approach.