NSCAT high-resolution surface wind measurements in Typhoon Violet

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 104, Issue C5, 1999, Pages 11247-11259

  Jones, W Linwood ^a   Cardone, Vincent J ^b   Pierson, Willard J ^c   Zec, Josko ^a   Rice, Larry P ^d,e   Cox, Andrew ^b   Sylvester, Winfield B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Oceanweather Inc   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e Oceanweather Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; NSCAT; SATELLITE SENSOR; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND MEASUREMENT;

(WEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033562249     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jc900107     Document Type: Article

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