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This study focuses on the evaluation of global Haiyang-2A satellite scatterometer (HSCAT) operational wind products from 2012 to 2018. In order to evaluate HSCAT winds, HSCAT operational wind products were collocated with buoy measurements and rainfall data. Error varieties under different atmospheric stratification and rainfall conditions were taken into consideration. After data quality control, the average bias and root mean square error (RMSE) between buoys and HSCAT data were 0.1 m/s and 1.3 m/s for wind speed, and 1° and 27° for wind direction, respectively. Especially, the varieties of the wind direction difference change a lot under non-neutral atmospheric conditions. HSCAT wind speeds are overestimated with an increasing rainfall rate while wind directions tend to be perpendicular to buoys’. In brief, the HSCAT wind product qualities are not stable during 2012 to 2018, especially for the data in 2015 and 2016. Atmospheric stratification and rain effects should be considered in wind retrieval and marine application.

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was used to measure the adjustment problems that international students have encountered. GPA scale was used to measure academic achievement. Thirty-three international undergraduate students participated this study. Students were asked to complete the survey and self-report GPA in the survey. The correlations were found statistically significant between Academic Record problems and GPA, and between Social Personal problems and GPA. The Academic Record problems and Social Personal problems were both negatively correlated with GPA. Based upon both statistical and demographic results of this study, implications and recommendations were discussed towards the improvement of student affair services for international students on campus. Direction of future researches and the contributions of the current study were discussed in the end.

The qualities of wind products under different atmospheric stratification conditions are also evaluated. The results reveal that the order of retrieved wind quality from high to low can be ranked as HY-2B/SCAT, CFOSCAT and HY-2A/SCAT.