Observation of tropical cyclones by high-resolution scatterometry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7767-7786

  Quilfen, Y ^a,c   Chapron, B ^a,c   Elfouhaily, T ^b,c   Katsaros, K ^a,b   Tournadre, J ^a,b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Centre Bretagne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; ERS; SCATTEROMETER; TROPICAL CYCLONES; WIND FIELD;

EID: 0032521972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc01911     Document Type: Article

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