Assimilation of ERS SAR wave spectra in an operational wave model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7887-7900

  Breivik, Lars Anders ^a   Reistad, Magnar ^a   Schyberg, Harald ^a   Sunde, Jens ^a   Krogstad, Harald E ^b,c   Johnsen, Harald ^b,c  

^a NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORUT Information Technology   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; RADAR; SAR; SATELLITE SENSING; WAVES;

EID: 0032521984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02728     Document Type: Article

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