A dual-frequency approach for retrieving sea surface wind speed from TOPEX altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Chen, Ge ^a   Chapron, Bertrand ^b   Ezraty, Robert ^b   Vandemark, Douglas ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Dual frequency; Retrieval; Sea surface wind speed; TOPEX

Indexed keywords

REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE WIND; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0038245240     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001098     Document Type: Article

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