Assessment of ERS-1 SAR wind-speed estimates using an airborne altimeter

Earth Observation Quarterly

Volumn , Issue 59, 1998, Pages 5-8

  Vandemark, D ^a   Vachon, P W ^b   Chapron, B ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING   (Canada)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; WIND VELOCITY;

SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0032405534     PISSN: 0256596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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