Spaceborne Radar Measurement of Wind Velocity Over the Ocean—An Overview of the NSCAT Scatterometer System

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 850-866

  Naderi, F M ^a   Freilich, M H ^a   Long, D G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE - MEASUREMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SATELLITES - JAPAN; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

JAPANESE ADEOS MISSION; NASA SCATTEROMETER; SEASAT SYSTEM; SPACEBORNE RADAR; WIND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

RADAR;

EID: 0026173730     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.90163     Document Type: Article

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