Toward the true near-surface wind speed: Error modeling and calibration using triple collocation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue 3334, 1998, Pages 7755-7766

  Stoffelen, Ad ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b KMNI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CALIBRATION; MODELLING; SCATTEROMETER; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0032522030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc03180     Document Type: Article

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