Global pressure fields from scatterometer winds

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 813-826

  Patoux, Jérǒme ^a   Foster, Ralph C ^b   Brown, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Applied Physics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SURFACE PRESSURE;

WIND EFFECTS;

PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCATTEROMETER; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037591427     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0813:GPFFSW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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