Directivity of wind vectors derived from the ERS-1/AMI scatterometer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7787-7797

  Ebuchi, Naoto ^a   Graber, Hans C ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; SCATTEROMETER; WIND;

EID: 0032522013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02727     Document Type: Article

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