A scheme for improving scatterometer surface wind fields

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D20, 2001, Pages 23985-23994

  Patoux, Jérôme ^a   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0035201795     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900016     Document Type: Article

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