Scatterometry is not accurately measuring distances or a elevation model. Instead it relies "on the fact that winds moving over the sea influence the radar back

Scatterometry is not accurately measuring distances or a elevation model. Instead it relies "on the fact that winds moving over the sea influence the radar backscattering properties of its surface in a manner that is related to wind speed and wind direction." Source: http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet102/Gelsthorpe102.pdf http://www.esa.int/esapub/bulletin/bullet102/Gelsthorpe102.p...