A Multiyear Global Surface Wind Velocity Dataset Using SSM/I Wind Observations

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 869-882

  Atlas, R ^a   Hoffman, R N ^b   Bloom, S C ^c   Jusem, J C ^c   Ardizzone, J ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SURFACE; MICROWAVE IMAGER; SSM/I; WIND DATASET; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0030438169     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0869:AMGSWV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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