An assessment of SeaWinds on QuikSCAT wind retrieval

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Draper, David W ^a   Long, David G ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity selection; Dealiasing; QuikSCAT; Scatterometry; Wind retrieval

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTEROMETER; SEA BREEZE;

EID: 0037907676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001330     Document Type: Article

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