Validation of wind vector retrieval from ERS-1 SAR images over the ocean

Global Atmosphere and Ocean System

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-187

  Vachon, P W ^a   Dobson, F W ^b  

^a CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEA SURFACE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030308890     PISSN: 10236732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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