An assessment of veering wind effects on scatterometry from the sea surface

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 891-903

  Bliven, L F ^a   Billat, V ^b   Sobieski, P W ^c   Guissard, A C ^c   Branger, H ^d   Giovanangeli, J P ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC FRONTS; FOURIER COSINE MODEL; SCATTEROMETRY; SEA SURFACE; VEERING WIND; VEERING WIND EFFECTS; WIND VECTORS;

EID: 0028974518     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431169508954450     Document Type: Article

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