Evaluation of vector winds observed by NSCAT in the seas around Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 495-505

  Masuko, Harunobu ^a   Arai, Kohei ^b   Ebuchi, Naoto ^c   Konda, Masanori ^d   Kubota, Masahisa ^e   Kutsuwada, Kunio ^e   Manabe, Teruko ^f   Mukaida, Akira ^g   Nakazawa, Tetsuo ^h   Nomura, Atsushi ^f   Shibata, Akira ⁱ   Tahara, Yoshihiko ^f  

^a Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^g REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY CENTER OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^h METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

ⁱ JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

NSCAT; Remote sensing; Scatterometer; Surface wind vectors

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; NSCAT; SCATTEROMETER; SURFACE WIND; WIND MEASUREMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0033757308     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011192725800     Document Type: Article

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