Scatterometer observations at high wind speeds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1412-1420

  Zeng, Lixin ^a   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCATTEROMETER; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0000765032     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1412:SOAHWS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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