Measurement of oceanic wind vector using satellite microwave radiometers

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 960-972

  Wentz, Frank J ^a  

^a REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Microwave radiometers; ocean wind vector; SSM I

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; OCEANOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; WATER WAVES;

MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER (SSM/I); WIND SPEED;

WIND;

EID: 0026912426     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.175331     Document Type: Article

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