A Comparative Study Of Several Wind Estimation Algorithms For Spaceborne Scatterometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 115-121

  Chi, Chong Yung ^a   Li, Fuk K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - ALGORITHMS; TELEMETERING - COMPUTER SIMULATION;

RADAR BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENT MEASUREMENTS; SPACEBORNE SCATTEROMETERS; WIND ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0023981526     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.3011     Document Type: Article

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